Dataset

Macrobenthos of the Western Scheldt (Ossenisse, Valkenisse, Terneuzen and Vlissingen) on 27 and 28 September 1978

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Counts, density and biomass of macrobenthos species for 20 stations sampled in the Western Scheldt estuary on 27-28 September 1978. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Vermeulen, Y. (1980). Studie van het makrobenthos van het Westerschelde-estuarium. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent: Gent. 83, maps, figures pp.

Citation
Vermeulen Y.; Coomans A.; Faculteit Wetenschappen. RUG: Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos of the Western Scheldt (Ossenisse, Valkenisse, Terneuzen and Vlissingen) on 27 and 28 September 1978. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4221) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/231
Published
September 17, 2025 at 08:42
First registration
May 18, 2020 at 22:10
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=macrobenthos_western_scheldt_27-28_september_1978
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=macrobenthos_western_scheldt_27-28_september_1978

Contacts

Yvette Vermeulen
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen

August Coomans
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

1,636
total submitted occurrences
1,608
accepted occurrences
1,893
measurements and facts
46
taxa
40
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,429
87.3%
maximumDepthInMeters 1,636
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 1,636
100.0%
scientificNameID 28
1.7%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 1,636
100.0%
ON_LAND 106
6.5%
NO_MATCH 28
1.7%

Measurement types

DNA derived data