Dataset

Vertical distribution of meiofauna in the North Sea and the Westerschelde estuary in 1993 and 1994

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Dataset on meiobenthos densities and biomass of nematode genera for 2 stations (North Sea and Westerschelde) sampled on 22June 1993 and 31March 1994. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Tuhumury, S.F. (1995). Vertical distribution of meiofauna related to biogeochemistry: a case study from one station in the North Sea and one station in the Westerschelde estuary. MSc Thesis. RUG: Gent. 102 pp.

Citation: Tuhumury S.F.; Vincx M.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME). VUB; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Vertical distribution of meiofauna in the North Sea and the Westerschelde estuary in 1993 and 1994. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4594) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/223

Published: September 17, 2025 at 10:14

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=meiofauna_north_sea_westerschelde_1993-1994

Ernest Schockaert
Universiteit Hasselt; Centre for Environmental Sciences; Onderzoeksgroep Dierkunde: Biodiversiteit en Toxicologie

Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

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

2,072
occurrence records
2,390
measurements and facts
88
taxa

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 2,072
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 2,072
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 2,072
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 2,072
100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 48
2.3%

Measurement types

DNA derived data