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OMEX (1993-1998): data on the benthic community at the Northern Gulf of Biscay and the Iberian Coast [OMEX (1993-1998): gegevens over de benthische gemeenschap aan de Noordelijke Golf van Biskay en de Iberische Kust]
Citation
Soetaert K. 1999: OMEX (1993-1998): data on the benthic community at the Northern Gulf of Biscay and the Iberian Coast. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1203. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1203
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Description
Data on the benthic community were gathered in the framework of the Ocean Margin Exchange (OMEX) project from 1993-1998 at the Northern Gulf of Biscay (Phase I) and the Iberian coast (Phase II). more
From 1993-1998 the benthic community was sampled in the framework of the Ocean Margin Exchange Project (OMEX) at several locations at the Northern Gulf of Biscay (OMEX-I) and the Iberian Coast (OMEX-II). OMEX aims were to study, measure and model the physical, chemical and biological processes and fluxes happening at the ocean margin - the interface between the open Atlantic ocean and the European continental shelf. It served as a basis for the development of predictive models of global environmental changes on the oceanic system and, more specifically, on the coastal zone. This dataset mainly contains data on biomass, biodiversity and feeding type of macrofauna, but also meio- and microfauna were sampled. For certain sampling locations, abiotic data (sediment grain size, flow velocity, dissolved oxygen concentration,..) are also available.
Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Benthos, Biodiversity, Continental margins, Macrobenthos, Meiobenthos, ANE, ANE, Atlantic, Goban Spur, ANE, Galicia Bank, ANE, Porcupine Seabight, ANE, Spain, Galicia, ANE, Spain, Galicia, Ria de Vigo, Anthozoa, Asteroidea, Crinoidea, Holothuroidea, Octopoda, Pisces, Porifera
Temporal coverage1993 1994 1995 1997 28 June 1997 - 4 July 1997 7 July 1997 - 12 July 1997 1998 30 May 1998 - 6 June 1998 22 May 1999 - 26 May 1999
Parameters
Ammonium (NH4+) Chlorophyll pigment equivalents Current flow rate water Dissolved oxygen (O2) Feeding type diversity Macrobenthos biomass Macrobenthos density Macrofauna length Median grain size Megafauna biomass Microbial biomass Nitrate (NO3-) Nitrite (NO2-) Nitrogen (N) Organic carbon (OC) flux Phosphate (PO43-) Sedimentation velocity Silicate (SiO44-)
ContributorKoninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; NIOZ Yerseke , more, data owner
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2007-04-10
Information last updated: 2009-10-08
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