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Historic data (1908-1963) of benthic macrofauna from the Limfjord, Denmark
Citation
National Institute of Aquatic Resources (Aqua) - DTU, Denmark; International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark (2016): Historic data (1908-1963) of benthic macrofauna from the Limfjord, Denmark. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5100
Contact: Jensen, Jørgen Nørrevang

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Archived data
Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
This historic benthic macrofauna dataset was digitized and standardized by ICES iin the framework of the EMODNet Biology project. It contains data from the Danish Biological Station who collected quantitative samples of the benthic macrofauna on a yearly basis from a range of stations in the Limjord during more than 5 decades.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Historical records, ANE, Denmark, Limfjorden, EurOBIS calculated BBOX

Geographical coverage
ANE, Denmark, Limfjorden [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 8,8979; MinLat: 56,7973 - MaxLong: 9,1734; MaxLat: 56,9953 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
1908 - 1963
Yearly

Parameter
Benthos abundance Methodology
Benthos abundance: Petersen grab

Contributors
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), moredata creator
Jensen, Jørgen Nørrevang
Technical University of Denmark; National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua)data creator
Dinesen, Grete Elisabeth
Støttrup, Josianne

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-09-09
Information last updated: 2022-07-19
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