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Specific diversity data of macrobenthic communities in the "Rivière de Morlaix" study site in the English Channel from 1977 to 1996
Citation
HOUBIN C, THIEBAUT É, HOEBEKE M (2019): Specific diversity data of macrobenthic communities in the "Rivière de Morlaix" study site in the English Channel from 1977 to 1996. https://doi.org/10.21411/qxef-sr30
Contact: Simon, Nathalie

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Description
Monitoring of species richness, abundances of all macrobenthic species, biomass, sediment grain size, temperature and salinity. The experiment was designed to study long-term changes in community structure in response to global change (climatic change) and local anthropogenis pressures (e.g. eutrophication). more

Muddy sand macrobenthic communities were monitored five times a year at the "Rivière de Morlaix" site. Macrofauna were sampled using a Smith McIntyre grab covering a surface of 0.1 m2. Ten replicates are collected at each sampling date. After collection, the sediment was sieved (1 mm circular mesh) and the retained material was fixed with 10% neutralised formalin prior to analysis in the lab. In the laboratory, organisms were sorted, identified to species level and stored in a 70% ethanol solution. The parameters which are measured are: (1) total and specific abundances, (2) specific richness.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Benthic macrofauna, Benthos, Biodiversity, Data, Long-term monitoring, Sampling, ANE, France, Brittany, Riviere de Morlaix, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Polychaeta

Geographical coverage
ANE, France, Brittany, Riviere de Morlaix [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -3,8433; MinLat: 48,5944 - MaxLong: -3,8433; MaxLat: 48,5944 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
1977 - 1996

Taxonomic coverage
Arthropoda [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]

Parameters

Abundance
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Diversity

Contributors
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)data ownerresearcherdata creator
Houbin, Céline
Thiebaut, Eric
Simon, Nathalie

Dataset status: Completed
Metadatarecord created: 2010-01-04
Information last updated: 2019-08-01
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