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Structural and functional biodiversity of copepod communities on the Belgian Continental Shelf (North Sea)
Dutch title: Structurele en functionele biodiversiteit van copepodengemeenschappen op het Belgisch Continentaal Plat (Noordzee)
Funder identifier: 981282 en 983282 (Other contract id)
Period: October 1998 till November 2002
Status: Completed

Thesaurus terms Algal blooms; Benthos; Biodiversity; Indicator organisms; Marine biology
Taxonomic terms: Copepoda [WoRMS]; Phaeocystis pouchetii (Hariot) Lagerheim, 1896 [WoRMS]
  • Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, co-ordinator
  • Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Economie, Wetenschap en Innovatie; Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT), more, sponsor
This project aims at studying structural and functional biodiversity of harpacticoid copepods by analysing density, diversity and species composition of different sandbanks and by relating changes in harpacticoid communities to the Phaecocystis pouchetii bloom in spring. Special attention will be paid to identify ecological indicatorspecies to be able to indicate vulnerable and valuable areas on the Belgian Continental Shelf.