A summary of work on benthic communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea and adjacent estuaries sampled between 1976 and 1978. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, R.; Bisschop, G.; Govaere, J.C.R.; Holvoet, M.; Van Damme, D.; Vanosmael, C.; Willems, K.R.; De Coninck, L.A.P. (1979). Benthic studies of the Southern Bight of the North Sea and its adjacent continental estuaries: Progress Report 1, in: Geconcerteerde Onderzoeksacties Interuniversitaire Actie Oceanologie: verslag van de studiedagen = Actions de Recherche Concertées Action Interuniversitaire Océanologie: rapports des journées d'études. Pp. 133-163.

Occurrence (presence/absence) of Bryozoa on several substrates (<i>Cystoseira</i>, <i>Posidonia</i> and rocky cliff hard substrate) sampled at Calvi Bay (Corsica) in September 1982 and April 1983. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Janssen, C.R.; Thielemans, L.K.; Vermeulen, Y. (1983). Bryozoa van de Baai van Calvi (Corsica), in: FKFO Project 2.9007.82. Systematiek en ecologie van mariene organismen: verslag over het tweede werkingsjaar 1983. pp. 59-69.

Density and relative abundances of meiobenthos (with emphasis on the deep-sea nematod community) sampled at Pointe de la Revellata (Calvi, Corsica) in September 1982. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Soetaert, K.; Heip, C.H.R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Inleidende studie van het meiobenthos van een diepzeetransekt (175m-1605m) te Calvi, Corsica, in: FKFO Project 2.9007.82. Systematiek en ecologie van mariene organismen: verslag over het tweede werkingsjaar 1983. pp. 75-86.

List and counts of observed sponge fauna sampled on 4 locations in eastern Indonesia in September and October 1984. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Ichsan, A. (1989). A comparison of sponge faunas of exposed and sheltered reef flats in eastern Indonesia. MSc Thesis. Universiteit van Amsterdam: Amsterdam. 52 pp.

In November 1972, the Laboratory of Marine Biology and Fisheries of Fano (LMBF, Italy) and the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IOF, Croatia) organised a fishery-independent joint research in the Central Adriatic along the profile Fano-Dugi Otok (5 hauls), which was later extended to four profiles (17 hauls) in the Northern and Central Adriatic in October 1975. In September 1981, another survey performed three profiles in the Northern Adriatic Sea (9 hauls), replicating some of the stations sampled in 1975.

Counts, density and biomass of copepod Harpacticoida found on <i>Cystoseira sp.</i> sampled at Calvi Bay (Corsica) between 02 and 10 September 1982. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Heip, C.H.R.; Willems, K.; Van hauwermeiren, G. (1983). Een systematisch-ecologische studie van Copepoda Harpacticoida levend op bruinwieren van het genus Cystoseira in de Baai van Calvi (Corsica), in: FKFO Project 2.9007.82. Systematiek en ecologie van mariene organismen: verslag over het tweede werkingsjaar 1983. pp. 43-58.

The “Pipeta programme” (named after the Italian commercial trawler used; 300 HP; LOA = 26 m) was started in 1982 by the Laboratory of Marine Biology and Fisheries (LMBF, Italy) and the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IOF, Croatia). The expedition was a fishery-independent trawl-survey of the demersal communities using a bottom otter-trawl net (wing mesh-size: 55 mm; cod-end mesh-size: 22 mm; foot-rope length: 41 m; head-rope length: 32 m). The average towing speed was about 3.5 knots, and the sampling duration was 60 minutes for almost all hauls, with the exception of one haul (sampling duration of 15 minutes). Two successive trawl hauls were performed at each station, with the second towing frequently performed along the same distance but in the opposite direction. Data per stations are given as the mean value of two replicates. The survey was successively named GRUND programme and ended in 2007.

Overview of occurrences (own and literature reviewed observations) of <i>Protohydra leuckarti</i> in Europe, Asia, North-America and Africa between 1868 and 1956. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Heinkens, J. (1956). Bijdrage tot de studie van Protohydra leuckarti Greeff. BSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Zoologisch Instituut: Gent. 97 pp.

What ecological effects does a foreshore suppletion, and a beach suppletion, have on the marine ecosystem in the intertidal and shallow surf zone (<6 m depth)? The foreshore suppletion (400.000m³) was by means of an experimental set-up in the shallow coastal zone (-1 to -2m TAW) of Mariakerke. Beside it, a beach nourishment was conducted at Mariakerke (681243m³) and Middelkerke (968754m³). For the Mariakerke area, we collect biological and sedimentological samples in the impact area and in a control area (Bredene), before as after the suppletion, whereas for Middelkerke only the data after suppletion was part of the study. We monitor the marine ecosystem with a focus on the fauna within the sediment (macrofauna) and on the sediment (hyperbenthos, epi- and demersal fish fauna) in the intertidal zone and subtidal zone. In both studies, the subtidal area is the zone between the low water line and the 6m depth line and the intertdial area is the zone between low and high tide water line.

The dataset was obtained from the original registers of the fish markets of Venice and Chioggia that were available on paper documents from 1945 to 1996, and in electronic spreadsheets from 1997. The data originally included information on landings from aquaculture and sea- and lagoon-fishery merged together.