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Dogger Bank Mega-Epibenthos - Long term monitoring project
Resource ID
534057b2-4e1b-11ed-a3e8-0242ac140006
Title
Dogger Bank Mega-Epibenthos - Long term monitoring project
Date
Oct. 17, 2022, 12:57 p.m., Publication
Abstract
Within our long term monitoring programme at the Dogger Bank (North Sea), a permanent station at the north-eastern tail end of the Dogger Bank was sampled yearly with a 2 m beam trawl since the year 1994. The sampling procedure was repeated every 3 h within a timeframe of 48 h. All species above a size of 1 cm were recorded quantitatively. The analysis of the dataset, consisting of thirteen sampling years, revealed rhythmic abundance fluctuations of one crustacean and two fish species, depending on the time of day. In order to check the accuracy of the results obtained, we further analysed the dataset for short-term effects of continuous trawling at the same track on the abundance of individual species. No direct effect on the abundance of particular species was detected, but the analysis revealed a periodic fluctuation of the mean number of individuals and the mean catch volume
Edition
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Responsible
moritzsonnewald
Point of Contact
Sonnewald
msonnewald@senckenberg.de
Purpose
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Maintenance Frequency
annually
Type
not filled
Restrictions
None
None
License
CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution International Public License)
Language
eng
Temporal Extent
Start
Jan. 1, 1991, midnight
End
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Supplemental Information
No information provided
Data Quality
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Extent
  • x0: 1.2
  • x1: 4.1
  • y0: 54.2
  • y1: 55.3
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:4326
Keywords
no keywords
Category
None
Regions
Germany