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Benthos on the Molenplaat as part of ECOFLAT [Bodemdieren op de Molenplaat in het kader van ECOFLAT]
Citation
Herman P. 1997: Benthos on the Molenplaat as part of ECOFLAT. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1008. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1008
Contact: Herman, Peter

Availability: Restricted
The data are withheld from general circulation and disclosure but access may be obtained on a case-by-case basis through negotiation

Notes: Restrictions available at contact person

Description
In 1996 and 1997(in the spring and autumn), benthos monitoring was done on a number of fixed locations (two in the spring of 1997, five in the other surveys) on the Molenplaat. In addition to density and biomass also sediment properties and other environmental variables were measured.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Brackish water, Biomass, Macrobenthos, Population density, Sediment properties, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Molenplaat

Geographical coverage
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Molenplaat [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
1996 - 1997
Twice a year

Parameters
Bacterial production
Grain size distribution
Macrobenthos biomass
Macrobenthos density
Meiobenthos density
Microbenthos density
Organic matter (OM)
Pigment analysis

Contributors
Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; NIOZ Yerseke, moredata creator

Related datasets
Other relations:
ECOFLAT PH: Molenplaat delta C13 experiment, more
Spatial heterogeneity of nematodes on an intertidal flat in the Westerschelde Estuary, more
Tidal migration of nematodes on an estuarine tidal flat in the Western Scheldt, more

Project
ECOFLAT: The eco-metabolism of estuarine intertidal flat, more
Grant agreement ID ENV4-CT96-0216

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2007-01-09
Information last updated: 2009-10-08
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