Dataset

Epibenthic fauna along the salinity gradient in the Westerschelde area in 1990

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Overview of monthly epibenthic fauna in a marine and brackish zone along the salinity gradient of the Westerschelde in 1990. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Puturuhu, L. (1994). Density, biomass and feeding consumption of some demersal fish along salinity gradient in the Westerschelde area. MSc Thesis. RUG: Gent. IV, 44 pp.

Citation: Puturuhu L.; Vincx M.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME). VUB; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Epibenthic fauna along the salinity gradient in the Westerschelde area in 1990. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4590) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/222

Published: September 17, 2025 at 10:14

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=epibenthic_fauna_westerschelde_1990

2,128
occurrence records
45,809
measurements and facts
56
taxa
44
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 784
36.8%
maximumDepthInMeters 2,128
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 2,128
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 2,128
100.0%
ON_LAND 56
2.6%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 38
1.8%

Measurement types

DNA derived data