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INRAM: Benthic fauna monitoring in Belgian harbours and Belgian coastal area [INRAM: monitoring van benthische fauna in Belgische havens en het Belgische Kustgebied]
Citation
Marine Biology Section, Ugent. Belgium. INRAM. Benthic fauna monitoring- SSD - Belgian Science Policy. Available online http://www.vliz.be/projects/inram/imers.php. [accessed on ‘date’]. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/1355
Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
This database contains data on population characteristics of the hyper- and epibenthos, sampled in the Scheldt estuary, Belgian coastal waters and Belgian coastal harbours. more
Within the framework of the INRAM project, population characteristics of epibenthos and hyperbenthos were investigated. The epibenthic community was sampled by means of a beam trawl. Vertebrates were sampled quantitalively, whereas invertebrates were sampled qualitatively (except for shrimps, which were also sampled quantitalively). The endobenthic community was sampled both quantitatively and qualitatively by means of a Van Veen grab. Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Benthos, Bottom samples (e.g. core, dredge, grab), Coastal studies (e.g. shores, estuaries) Keywords: Marine/Coastal · Brackish water · Benthos · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Epibenthos · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Hyperbenthos · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Population characteristics · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Antwerp · Belgian Coast · Nieuwpoort · Nieuwpoort Harbour · Oostende · Oostende Harbour · Sluice Dock · Vlissingen · Zeebrugge · Zeebrugge Harbour Geographical coverage Belgian Coast [Marine Regions] EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 2,4289; MinLat: 51,1342 - MaxLong: 4,3917; MaxLat: 51,4492 [WGS84] Nieuwpoort Stations
[Marine Regions] W03 (at sea, just outside the harbour) Coordinates: Long: 2,712; Lat: 51,1686 [WGS84] W06 (at sea) Coordinates: Long: 2,4673; Lat: 51,2883 [WGS84] Oostende Stations
[Marine Regions] W02 (at sea, just outside the harbour) Coordinates: Long: 2,8568; Lat: 51,2241 [WGS84] W05 (at sea) Coordinates: Long: 2,8067; Lat: 51,4159 [WGS84] Zeebrugge Stations
[Marine Regions] W01 (at sea, just outside the harbour) W04 (at sea) Coordinates: Long: 3,2372; Lat: 51,4492 [WGS84] Zeebrugge Harbour Stations
[Marine Regions] ZB1 (near the marina) ZB2 (near Vandamme sluice) ZB3 (near tern island) ZB4 (near Fluxys) Temporal coverage
2007 - 2008 30 May 2007 - 6 July 2009 (EurOBIS harvested data) 2009 - 2001 Parameters
Contributors
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Published in: IMERS: Integrated Marine Environmental Samples and Readings, more Project
INRAM: Integrated Risk Assessment and Monitoring of micropollutants in the Belgian coastal zone, more
Grant agreement ID SD/NS/02A
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Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2014-01-17
Metadatarecord created: 2007-08-07
Information last updated: 2026-01-26
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