DefRek: Defaunation-Recolonisation of a benthic community in the Western Scheldt [Defaunatie-rekolonisatie van een benthische gemeenschap In de Westerschelde]

Citation

Montserrat F., Herman P. 2005: Defaunation-Recolonisation of a benthic community. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1212. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1212

Contact: Van Colen, Carl

Archived data

Archived file:

ECOMORF.xls

Availability: Unrestricted
The data are freely available to anybody and may be used for any purpose. Usage acknowledgement may be required

Description

In march-december 2005 a field experiment was conducted by the project partners (NIOO-CEME and Ghent University) in which extreme changes in the benthic community were related to changes in sedimentary characteristics

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos, Coastal studies (e.g. shores, estuaries)

Keywords:

Brackish water, Benthos, Ecosystem functioning, Sediments, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Vaarwater langs Paulina Polder, ANE, Scheldt Estuary, Annelida, Arthropoda, Bacillariophyceae, Mollusca

Geographical coverage

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Vaarwater langs Paulina Polder Stations [Marine Regions]

Paulinapolder 1
Coordinates: Long: 3,7138; Lat: 51,3564 [WGS84]
Paulinapolder 2
Coordinates: Long: 3,7141; Lat: 51,3564 [WGS84]
Paulinapolder 3
Coordinates: Long: 3,7138; Lat: 51,3567 [WGS84]
Paulinapolder 4
Coordinates: Long: 3,7139; Lat: 51,3565 [WGS84]
Paulinapolder 5
Coordinates: Long: 3,7141; Lat: 51,3566 [WGS84]
Paulinapolder 6
Coordinates: Long: 3,7142; Lat: 51,3565 [WGS84]

ANE, Scheldt Estuary [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

March 2005 - December 2005

Taxonomic coverage

Annelida [WoRMS]

Arthropoda [WoRMS]

Bacillariophyceae [WoRMS]

Mollusca [WoRMS]

Parameters

19'-Butanoyloxyfucoxanthin
19'-Hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin
Alloxanthin
Alpha-Carotene
Chlorophyll a
Chlorophyll a + allomer/isomer chlorophyll a
Chlorophyll b
Chlorophyll c1+2
Coarse sand fraction; PHI 1 - 0; 500-1000 mu
D10 percentile for grainsize (Malvern)
D90 percentile for grainsize (Malvern)
Diadinoxanthin
Diatoxanthin
Fine sand fraction; PHI 3 - 2; 125-250 mu
Fucoxanthin
Lutein
Macrobenthos density
Median grainsize D50 from Malvern in mu
Median grainsize D50 from Malvern in PHI
Medium sand fraction; PHI 2 - 1; 250-500 mu
Neoxanthin
Peridinin
Phaeophorbide a
Phaeophytin a
Silt % < 2 mu
Silt % < 4 mu
Silt % < 8 mu
Silt % <16 mu
Silt % <50 mu
Silt % <63 mu; PHI > 4
Silt% < 32 mu; PHI > 5
Specific surface area
Standard deviation
Sum Phaeophorbide's a
Sum Phaeophytin's a
Very Fine sand fraction; PHI 4 - 3; 63-125 mu
Violaxanthin
Zeaxanthin

Contributors

Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; NIOZ Yerseke, more, data owner

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), data creator, data owner

Van Colen, Carl

Project

ECOMORPH: Eco-morphology of estuaries and tidal lagoons, more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research: field experiment

Metadatarecord created: 2007-04-12

Information last updated: 2015-12-04

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