Name: The hyperbenthos of subtidal sandbanks on the Belgian Continental Shelf: habitats and indicator species
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The structural biodiversity of the hyperbenthos of subtidal sandbanks on the BCS is studied. Furthermore, ecological indicator species are determined which can be usefull parameters for policy makers.

Citation

Willems, K.; Cattrijsse, A.; Marine Biology Research Group - Ugent: Belgium; (2004): The hyperbenthos of subtidal sandbanks on the Belgian Continental Shelf: habitats and indicator species. Marine data Archive. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/531

Published

September 17, 2025 at 09:04

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

URL

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

Archive

https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=hyp_bent_sandb_bcf

Contacts

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

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

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

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

894

total submitted occurrences

890

accepted occurrences

109

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	894		100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	894		100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	894		100.0%
scientificNameID		4	0.4%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_DEPTH	894	100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	15	1.7%
NO_MATCH	4	0.4%

The hyperbenthos of subtidal sandbanks on the Belgian Continental Shelf: habitats and indicator species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data