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Study of epibenthos and ichthyofauna of an industrial waste discharge area in the Belgian Continental Shelf (1976-1981)
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Maertens D.; Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij; Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (CLO): Belgium; (2016): Study of epibenthos and ichthyofauna of an industrial waste discharge area in the Belgian Continental Shelf (1976-1981). https://doi.org/10.14284/261
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Description
Presence, density and biomass data for ichtyofauna and epibenthos sampled in the discharge areas between 1976 and 1981 and comparison of these data with a coastal reference zone choosen in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Maertens, D. (1985). Vorderingsverslag betreffende de monitoring van de lozingsgebieden voor industriƫle afvalstoffen. Partim: biologisch monitoring onderzoek 1976-80. Rapport DUMP-I/MON/BIO/3/80. Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij: Oostende. 15 + annexes pp. more

Species list of epibenthos and fish in and around the discharge area "Dumpingzone 1" in 1980. Density, biomass, dominance and diversity of fish and epibenthos from 1976 to 1981. Densities of the most important groups of epibenthos and fish and some commercial fish and shrimp in the dumping zone are compared with those sampled at some choosen reference points (Oostende, Zeebrugge, Koksijde, Nieuwpoort and Blankenberge).

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Demersal fishes, Discharge, Dumping, Ecological monitoring, Epibenthos, Ichthyofauna, Industrial wastes, Pelagic fishes, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758, Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758), Crustacea, Echinodermata, Gadiformes, Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758, Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758), Polybius (Polybius) holsatus (Fabricius, 1798), Mollusca, Odontogadus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758), Ophiura Lamarck, 1801, Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1758), Pisces, Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758, Pleuronectiformes, Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,573; MinLat: 51,139 - MaxLong: 3,228; MaxLat: 51,5728 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
1976 - 1981

Taxonomic coverage
Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Gadiformes [WoRMS]
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Polybius (Polybius) holsatus (Fabricius, 1798) [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Odontogadus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 [WoRMS]
Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Pisces [WoRMS]
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Pleuronectiformes [WoRMS]
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]

Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Biomass
Diversity
Dominance
Epibenthos density
Fish density
Presence/absence of biota
Wet weight biomass of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager
Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (CLO)data creator
Maertens, Dirk

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Publication
Based on this dataset
Maertens, D. (1985). Vorderingsverslag betreffende de monitoring van de lozingsgebieden voor industriƫle afvalstoffen. Partim: biologisch monitoring onderzoek 1976-80. Rapport DUMP-I/MON/BIO/3/80. Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij: Oostende. 15 + annexes pp.

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2016-11-22
Information last updated: 2016-11-22
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