Name: Distribution and community structure of benthic copepods in the Delta area and the Ems-Dollard between 1976 and 1981
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Frequency, density and biomass of copepoda species for several stations in the Oosterschelde, Grevelingen and the Eems-Dollard sampled between 1976 and 1983. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Willems, K.A. (1989). Verspreiding, ecologie en gemeenschapsstructuur van benthische copepoden in het Delta-gebied en de Eems-Dollard (Nederland). PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Faculteit der Wetenschappen: Gent. 2 vol. (440, 198) pp.

Citation

Willems K.A.; Coomans A.; Faculteit Wetenschappen. RUG: Belgium; (2016): Distribution and community structure of benthic copepods in the Delta area and the Ems-Dollard between 1976 and 1981. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5080) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/216

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September 17, 2025 at 08:32

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March 11, 2020 at 01:28

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http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=benthic_copepods_delta_ems-dollard_1976-1981

Archive

https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=benthic_copepods_delta_ems-dollard_1976-1981

Contacts

Willems
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)

5,099

total submitted occurrences

5,058

accepted occurrences

7,381

measurements and facts

128

taxa

114

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	4,579	89.8%
maximumDepthInMeters	5,099	100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	5,099	100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_DEPTH	5,099	100.0%
ON_LAND	2,198	43.1%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	371	7.3%
NOT_MARINE	41	0.8%

Distribution and community structure of benthic copepods in the Delta area and the Ems-Dollard between 1976 and 1981

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data