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| Provedor de dados: |
OMA
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| País: |
Belgium
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| Título: |
Benthic communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea and their use in ecological monitoring
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| Autores: |
Govaere, J.C.R.
Van Damme, D.
Heip, C.H.R.
De Coninck, L.A.P.
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| Data: |
1980
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| Ano: |
1980
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| Palavras-chave: |
Benthos Abra alba (W. Wood
1802) [White furrow shell] Molluscs ANE
Belgium ANE
North Sea
Southern Bight
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| Resumo: |
Macrobenthic and meiobenthic communities of an area off the Belgian coast of the North Sea were studied from 1970 until 1975 at 74 stations. On the basis of both macro- and meiobenthos, three zones can be distinguished in the area. The coastal zone is characterized by the macrobenthic <i>Abra alba</i> community, corresponding to the meiobenthic <i>Microarthridion littorale</i>-<i>Halectinosoma herdmani</i> community, and the open sea zone by the macrobenthic <i>Venus gallina</i> community and the meiobenthic <i>Leptastacus laticaudatus-Paramesochra helgolandica</i> community. In between is a transient zone where elements of both other zones mix. The distribution of these zones is governed by the hydrodynamical regime of the region, especially by the residual and tidal current system of the Southern Bight. Within the coastal zone, the composition of the community is influenced by pollution which especially affects the epibenthic detritus-feeders of the meiobenthos. The spatial stability of parameters describing community structure can be used for monitoring changes. Temporal characteristics of these parameters could not be investigated properly, but diversity seems to be much stabler than biomass.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=3661
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| Fonte: |
%3Ci%3EHelgol.+Meeresunters.+33%3C%2Fi%3E%3A+507-521
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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