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Harpacticoid copepod community structure in the Western Scheldt and Ems-Dollard estuary in relation to pollution between 1976 and 1980
Citable as data publication
Van Damme D.; Heip C.H.R., Herman R.; Vaeremans M.; Marine Biology Section; Zoology Institute. RUG: Belgium; (2015): Harpacticoid copepod community structure in the Western Scheldt and Ems-Dollard estuary in relation to pollution between 1976 and 1980. https://doi.org/10.14284/73
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Description
Data on biotic parameters of harpacticoid copepods and abiotic parameters related to pollution for samples taken between 1976 and 1980 in the Westerschelde-and Eems-Dollard estuary. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Van Damme, D.; Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, R.; Vaeremans, M. (1981). Harpacticoid copepod community structure in two North Sea estuaries in relation to pollution. Benthos 81/06. Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Laboratorium voor Morfologie en Systematiek der Dieren, Sectie Mariene Biologie: Gent. 58 pp. more

First part contains data on all Harpacticoida species with corresponding density and biomass for samples collected between 1976 and 1980 in the Westerschelde and the Eems-Dollard. The second part consists of a sediment analysis (composition) with special emphasis on pollution (trace metal concentrations and nutrients).

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Environmental quality/pollution
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Estuaries, Meiobenthos, Sediment analysis, Sediment pollution, Trace metals, ANE, Netherlands, Ems-Dollard Estuary, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Saeftinge, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Harpacticoida

Geographical coverage
ANE, Netherlands, Ems-Dollard Estuary [Marine Regions]
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde [Marine Regions]
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Saeftinge
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 3,6791; MinLat: 51,3456 - MaxLong: 7,1862; MaxLat: 53,4759 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
1976 - 1980

Taxonomic coverage
Harpacticoida [WoRMS]

Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Ammonia (NH3)
Concentration of ammonium {NH4+ CAS 14798-03-9} per unit mass of the water body unknown phase [BODC]
Concentration of ammonium {NH4+ CAS 14798-03-9} per unit volume of the water body unknown phase [BODC]
Concentration of copper {Cu CAS 7440-50-8} per unit volume of the water body dissolved plus reactive particulate [BODC]
Concentration of lead {Pb CAS 7439-92-1} per unit volume of the water body dissolved plus reactive particulate [BODC]
Concentration of organic carbon {organic_C CAS 7440-44-0} per unit volume of the water body dissolved plus reactive particulate [BODC]
Concentration of zinc {Zn CAS 7440-66-6} per unit volume of the water body dissolved plus reactive particulate [BODC]
Copepoda biomass
Copepoda density
Copper (Cu)
Dominance
Dry weight biomass
Dry weight biomass (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Dry weight biomass of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Lead (Pb)
Median grain size
Mud content
Organic carbon (OC)
Organic matter content (OM)
Oxygen (O) concentration
Phosphate (PO43-)
Salinity
Sampling salinity [BODC]
Zinc (Zn)

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), moredata creator
Van Damme, D.
Heip, Carlo
Herman, Rudy
Vaeremans, M.

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
CRA - Biological datasets from the Belgian Part of the North Sea and estuaria 1977-1981
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Van Damme, D. et al. (1981). Harpacticoid copepod community structure in two North Sea estuaries in relation to pollution. Benthos 81/06. Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Laboratorium voor Morfologie en Systematiek der Dieren, Sectie Mariene Biologie: Gent. 58 pp.

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-08-12
Information last updated: 2016-03-07
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