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Nematodes from Kongsfjord, Svalbard
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Description
Kongsfjord, Svalbard, 1997 Nematodes, transect from sea to glacier. UNIS cruise AB301, subsamples from Reineck boxcorer except inner station (773), Day grab.
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This dataset describes the spatial patterns in nematode communities collected with box-corers and van Veen grabs on five different locations in a high-latitude glacial fjord.
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, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Deep sea · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Meiobenthos · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · Nematode · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Svalbard · Nematoda
Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX
Stations
Bounding BoxCoordinates: MinLong: 11,13; MinLat: 78,88 - MaxLong: 12,47; MaxLat: 79,03 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage 1997
4 September 1997 (EurOBIS harvested data)
Parameters
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere
[BODC ] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Count of Nematoda
Contributors Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)
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EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System,
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MANUELA: MANUELA Database,
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Publication
Based on this dataset
Somerfield, P.J. et al. (2006). Free-living nematodes and macrobenthos in a high-latitude glacial fjord.
J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 330 : 284-296
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2009-03-10
Metadatarecord created: 2006-01-17
Information last updated: 2026-01-26
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