Meiobenthic community in the Westerschelde estuary between 1977 and 1979

Rudy Herman; Jyotsna Sharma; Paul Martens

doi:10.14284/221

Meiobenthic community in the Westerschelde estuary between 1977 and 1979

Citation

Van Damme D.; Herman R.; Sharma Y.; Holvoet M.; Martens P.; Marine Biology Section; Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Meiobenthic community in the Westerschelde estuary between 1977 and 1979. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4237) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/221 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

Data on quantitative aspects of the meiofauna community in the Westerschelde estuary such as density, biomass, diversity and community structure. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Van Damme, D.; Herman, R.; Sharma, Y.; Holvoet, M.; Martens, P. (1980). Benthic studies of the Southern Bight of the North Sea and its adjacent continental estuaries: Progress Report 2. Fluctuation of the meiobenthic communities in the Westerschelde estuary.

Additional info

The meiofauna community of the Westerschelde estuary was examined along five transects over an one year period. All meiofaunal groups, excluding nematodes, occurred in very low numbers along the estuary, except at the salt marsh Saeftinghe, where they attain normal to high values. The average number of taxa decline from 4.3 at the mouth of the estuary at Vlissingen to 1.5 at Doel. Similar trends are observed for annual mean density.

Taxonomic Coverages

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116451

Alteutha depressa (Baird, 1837)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116333

Arenocaris bifida Nicholls, 1935
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116026

Arenosetella germanica Kunz, 1937
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:121303

Ascolaimus elongatus (Bütschli, 1874)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116217

Asellopsis intermedia (T. Scott, 1895)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136666

Batillipes mirus Richters, 1909
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122076

Calyptronema maxweberi (De Man, 1922)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115723

Canuella perplexa T. and A. Scott, 1893
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:121860

Enoplolaimus propinquus De Man, 1922
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150138

Euterpina acutifrons (Dana, 1848)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115815

Evansula pygmaea (T. Scott, 1903)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2078

Gastrotricha
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150105

Halectinosoma sarsi (Boeck, 1872)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116171

Harpacticus littoralis G.O. Sars, 1910
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1337

Hydrozoa
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116421

Kliopsyllus constrictus (Nicholls, 1935)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116337

Leptastacus laticaudatus Nicholls, 1935
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:121277

Leptolaimus papilliger De Man, 1876
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:121086

Microlaimus marinus (Schulz, 1932)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:51

Mollusca
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116204

Nannopus palustris
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:799

Nematoda
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157706

Nitocra typica
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2036

Oligochaeta
rank: subclass

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122177

Oncholaimus oxyuris Ditlevsen, 1911
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078

Ostracoda
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116346

Paraleptastacus espinulatus Nicholls, 1935
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116440

Paramesochra similis Kunz, 1936
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116307

Paronychocamptus nanus
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116310

Platychelipus littoralis
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883

Polychaeta
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117842

Protohydra leuckarti Greeff, 1869
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116127

Pseudobradya beduina Monard, 1935
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120802

Spilophorella paradoxa (de Man, 1888)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116814

Tachidius discipes Giesbrecht, 1881
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1276

Tardigrada
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:121607

Theristus blandicor Rachor, 1971
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:121641

Trichotheristus mirabilis (Stekhoven & De Coninck,
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122253

Tripyloides marinus (Bütschli, 1874)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:114692

Turbanella cornuta Remane, 1925
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:794

Turbellaria
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122156

Viscosia viscosa (Bastian, 1865)
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Ossenisse

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Saeftinge

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Terneuzen

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Vlissingen

ANE, Scheldt Estuary

Belgium, Zeeschelde, Doel

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Van Damme
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.be

Rudy Herman
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.be

Jyotsna Sharma
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.be

Holvoet
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.be

Paul Martens
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.be

originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.be

metadata author
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
BE
email: info@vliz.be
homepage: https://www.vliz.be

custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be