Study of the species composition of the copepod community at the Southern Bight of the North Sea, in relation to environmental variables.

This dataset, compiled in the framework of a Msc thesis, contains information on the meiobenthic communities of six different stations in the Southern Bight of the North Sea, together with information on a number of environmental parameters.

The general aim of this dataset was to describe and investigate the biodiversity and zonation patterns of nematodes in relation to several abiotic factors.

The meiobenthos of a dumping site in the Southern Bight of the North Sea was examined as part of a PhD thesis. Next to the faunistic research, it also examined the link between abiotic parameters and the characteristics of presen nematode communities.

These data were collected in the framework of a PhD thesis. The main aim of this study was to get a better insight in the nematode fauna living in the Southern North Sea, with an emphasis on morphological, systematic and ecological aspects.

Data were collected to investigate if the nematode fauna varies with bathymetry and if nematodes from the South Sandwich Trench differ from other trenches and from other deep-water areas elsewhere in Antarctica.

In the framework of the OMEX-programme (Ocean Margin Exchange, CEC-MAST II), data were collected on the metazoan meiobenthos along the continental slope of the Goban Spur.

Gegevens over densiteiten en soortensamenstelling van copepoden op een sublittoraal zandig station (station 50) in de Noordzee.

The Darwin mounds area was sampled to investigate the importance of local-scale topographic features and small-scale biogenic structures in influencing the density and diversity of the associated meiobenthic communities and nematodes in particular.