IMARES, Inventory of the distribution and abundance of subtidal wild mussel beds in the Western part of the Dutch Wadden Sea 1992-
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Wageningen Marine Research (Yerseke) |
| Country | Netherlands  |
| Project | Inventory of the distribution and abundance of sublittoral wild mussel beds in the western Dutch Wadden Sea |
| Time period | Sampling every year in Spring (1992 onwards), sampling in Autumn started in 2005 |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Western part of the Dutch Wadden Sea |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance |
| Instruments | Sediment dredges |
| Description | |
| Summary | Annually, in Spring, an inventory is performed of the distribution and abundance of sublittoral wild mussel beds in the western part of the Dutch Wadden Sea. Mussel seed fishery occurs in accordance with a fishing plan based on the data of this inventory. The wild stocks of seed mussels are fished and brought to cultivation lots in the Dutch Wadden Sea and the Eastern Scheldt. In order to get data of winter survival of the seed beds sampling in Autumn started in 2005. |
| Originators | Wageningen Marine Research (Yerseke) |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Wageningen Marine Research (Yerseke) |
| Availability | Distribution cost charge |
| Contact | Joke Kesteloo |
| Address | Wageningen Marine Research (Yerseke) |
| Telephone | +31 317487033 |
| Facsimile | +31 317487359 |
| joke.kesteloo@wur.nl | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | National Oceanographic Data Committee |
| Local identifier | IMARES_5730004 |
| Global identifier | 5836 |
| Last revised | 2013-03-26 |
