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Cefas01 - Structure of sublittoral nematode assemblages around the UK coast
Citation
Schratzberger, M. (1998). Structure of sublittoral meiofauna assemblages around the UK coast. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), UK. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/658
Contact: Schratzberger, Michaela
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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
Nematode and harpacticoid copepod species abundance data are listed as counts per sample. Other available data include sediment granulometry and trace metal concentrations. For a detailed description, see listed publications more

Meiobenthos was sampled and environmental variables were measured at a number of stations around the UK coast to improve the understanding of how species assemblages respond to both anthropogenic impacts and natural environmental factors.
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Meiobenthos, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, Sublittoral zone, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, ANE, British Isles, England, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Harpacticoida, Nematoda, Nematoda, Nematoda
Geographical coverage
ANE, British Isles, England [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -6; MinLat: 50,3589 - MaxLong: 2; MaxLat: 55,0139 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
May 1997 - June 1997
May 1998 - June 1998
Taxonomic coverage
Harpacticoida [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Parameters
Granulometric variables
Meiobenthos density Methodology
Trace metals
Meiobenthos density: Counts per sample
Contributors
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), more, data owner, data creator
Schratzberger, Michaela
Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA), more, data provider
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
(Partly) included in:
MANUELA: MANUELA Database
Publication
Describing this dataset
Schratzberger, M. et al. (2004). Structure and taxonomic composition of subtidal nematode and macrofauna assemblages at four stations around the UK coast. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84(2): 315-322. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404009208h
Schratzberger, M.; Gee, J.M.; Rees, H.L.; Boyd, S.E.; Wall, C.M. (2000). The structure and taxonomic composition of sublittoral meiofauna assemblages as an indicator of the status of marine environments. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 80(6): 969-980
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Dataset information:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2009-03-10
Metadatarecord created: 2007-01-18
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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