Name: Study of epibenthos and demersal fish in and around the dredging areas of the Belgian Continental Shelf (1977-1981)
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Presence, density and biomass data for ichtyofauna and epibenthos sampled in and around the dredging areas between 1977 and 1981. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Maertens, D. (1984). Analyse van de levensgemeenschappen op het Belgisch Kontinentaal Plat: studie van de epibenthale biocoenoses en van de demersale Pisces in en rondom de baggerzones. Mededelingen van het Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij (CLO Gent), 201. CLO Gent: Gent. 45, + annexes pp.

Citation

Maertens D.; Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij; Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (CLO): Belgium; (2016): Study of epibenthos and demersal fish in and around the dredging areas of the Belgian Continental Shelf (1977-1981). (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5430) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/192

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September 17, 2025 at 09:09

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May 18, 2020 at 22:27

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URL

http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=epibenthos_demersal_fish_belgian_continental_shelf_1977-1981

Archive

https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=epibenthos_demersal_fish_belgian_continental_shelf_1977-1981

Contacts

Dirk Maertens
Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek

Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek
Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

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

224

total submitted occurrences

224

accepted occurrences

18,981

measurements and facts

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	56	25.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	224	100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	224	100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Dropped	Records
NO_DEPTH		224	100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME		18	8.0%

Study of epibenthos and demersal fish in and around the dredging areas of the Belgian Continental Shelf (1977-1981)

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data