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Dutch long term monitoring of macrobenthos in the Dutch Continental Economical Zone of the North Sea
Citation
Ministery of Infrastructure and Environment, The Netherlands; (2018): Dutch long term monitoring of macrobenthos in the Dutch Continental Economical Zone of the North Sea. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5759
Contact: Stolte, Willem

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Description
Long term measurements of benthos composition in the Dutch national part of the North Sea. Samples have been taken by benthic sledge, box-corer, video and Hamon sampler. Samples were taken annually between 1991-2010, in 2012 and in 2015 and analysed to the genus or species level. For video sampling, coverage percentages were measured. The dataset has been used for assessment of the marine environment and habitat quality in the scope of the OSPAR Quality Status Reports and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. more

The monitoring is directed and the dataset is maintained by Rijkswaterstaat, the executing body of the Dutch Ministery for Infrastructure and Environment. Publication of the dataset has been facilitated by Deltares, The Netherlands.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Long-term monitoring, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, MSFD, ANE, Netherlands, Dutch Continental Shelf, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Anthozoa, Asteroidea, Bivalvia, Echinoidea, Gastropoda, Hexanauplia, Malacostraca, Ophiuroidea, Ostracoda, Polychaeta, Pycnogonida

Geographical coverage
ANE, Netherlands, Dutch Continental Shelf [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,6778; MinLat: 51,434 - MaxLong: 6,602; MaxLat: 55,6335 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
1991 - 2015

Taxonomic coverage
Anthozoa [WoRMS]
Asteroidea [WoRMS]
Bivalvia [WoRMS]
Echinoidea [WoRMS]
Gastropoda [WoRMS]
Hexanauplia [WoRMS]
Malacostraca [WoRMS]
Ophiuroidea [WoRMS]
Ostracoda [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]
Pycnogonida [WoRMS]

Parameters
Abundance category (SACFOR) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Area of sample {sampled area} from the bed [BODC]
Ash-free dry weight biomass of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Coverage (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere of the bed [BODC]
Description of habitat by classification to a term from the JNCCs Marine Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland Version 04.05 (SDN:M20::) [BODC]
Length of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Wet weight biomass of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]

Contributors
Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat; Rijkswaterstaat (RWS)data creator
Deltares
Stolte, Willem

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
(Partly) included in:
Distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate living modes in European seas

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2017-07-13
Information last updated: 2018-04-13
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