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Phytoplankton community structuring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
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Description
Hydrographical, chemical and biological factors are known to affect seasonal and geographical variation in phytoplankton communities. This study analyses the phytoplankton species composition during late winter-early spring in two areas of the North Sea: the Belgian coastal zone and along a North-South transect covering the Dogger Bank, central and northern North Sea.

Scope
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS)

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]

Contributor
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more

Related datasets
(Partly) included in:
Marine phytoplankton community composition data from the Belgian part of the North Sea, 1968-2010, more
Source dataset:
Pollution of the North Sea on the Belgian coast from Koksijde to Middelkerke, more

Project
4DEMON: 4 Decades of Belgian Marine monitoring: uplifting historical data to today's needs, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
M'harzi, A. (1999). Phytoplankton community structuring in some areas of the North Sea. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 221 pp., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2018-05-28
Information last updated: 2018-06-14
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