Meiobenthos of the Dutch Continental Shelf in spring 1991

Rony Huys; Guy De Smet

doi:10.14284/237

Meiobenthos of the Dutch Continental Shelf in spring 1991

Citation

Huys R.; De Smet G.; Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum: The United Kingdom; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Meiobenthos of the Dutch Continental Shelf in spring 1991. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5094) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/237 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

Meiofauna composition for 22 stations in the Dutch Continental Shelf in spring 1991. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report:Huys, R.; De Smet, G. (1991). Het meiobenthos van het Nederlands Continentaal Plat voorjaar 1991: rapportage in het kader van het biologisch monitoring project. NIOO: Yerseke. 57 pp.

Additional info

First part of the dataset gives an overview all meiofauna taxa with corresponding densities which were found at 22 stations sampled between 15 April and 22 July 1991. The second part gives a detailed overview of the Copepoda species, age and sex composition and related densities and biomass for some selected striata based on Huys et al. (1992).

Taxonomic Coverages

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146142

Bryozoa
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1267

Cnidaria
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1080

Copepoda
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106414

Cyclopinidae
rank: family

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115147

Cylindropsyllidae
rank: family

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2078

Gastrotricha
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1484

Halacaridae
rank: family

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101060

Kinorhyncha
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115158

Leptastacidae
rank: family

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:51

Mollusca
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:799

Nematoda
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2036

Oligochaeta
rank: subclass

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078

Ostracoda
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115168

Paramesochridae
rank: family

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883

Polychaeta
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101063

Priapulida
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1276

Tardigrada
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:794

Turbellaria
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

ANE, Netherlands, Dutch Continental Shelf

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Rony Huys
originator
Natural History Museum; Department of Zoology
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2411-7003

Guy De Smet
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: guy.desmet@ugent.be

originator
Natural History Museum; Department of Zoology

originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.be

metadata author
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
BE
email: info@vliz.be
homepage: https://www.vliz.be

custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be