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Macrobenthos and Phytoplankton monitoring in the Belgian coastal zone in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)

Citation

Scory S, Vandenberghe T (2021). Macrobenthos and Phytoplankton monitoring in the Belgian coastal zone in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6rk9c3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-28.

Description

This dataset is the result of the monitoring performed with regards to the European Water Framework Directive for the coastal areas (1 mile zone). The following data is included:- Species composition, abundance and biomass of the macrobenthos of three communities (Abra alba, Macoma balthica, Nephtys cirrosa). - Phytoplankton biomonitoring, identification and enumeration of marine phytoplankton samples, with special attention to Phaeocystis.

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Actinopterygii, Bivalvia, Clitellata, Echinoidea, Gastropoda, Hexacorallia, Malacostraca, Maxillopoda, Polychaeta, Pycnogonida, Stelleroidea, Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Coscinodiscophyceae, Cryptophyceae, Dinophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Prasinophyceae, Prymnesiophyceae
    rank: Class

Geographic Coverages

Belgian part of the North Sea (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26567)

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Serge Scory
originator
position: Head of BMDC
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
BE
email: bedic@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2692-8651
Thomas Vandenberghe
metadata author
position: Data manager
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
email: tvandenberghe@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9269-6548
Serge Scory
administrative point of contact
position: Head of BMDC
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
BE
email: bedic@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2692-8651
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