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Cattrijsse, Andre; Vincx, Magda. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. [Edited book.]. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
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Cattrijsse, Andre; Vincx, Magda
2001
Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998.
[Edited book.]
Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
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Marine biologists have intensively studied the Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) since the early seventies. Still, much of the knowledge on the biology and ecology of the biota collected remains hidden in little accessible and ‘grey’ literature. A complete overview of all biota, from the plankton to the higher trophic levels, still lacks.This synthesis wants to remedy this by reviewing the knowledge on the biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the BCS. To detect biodiversity patterns, literature data were collected on diversity measures of the benthos communities.Therefore, the BCS was divided into nine zones. The demarcation of these zones relies partly on geographical and partly on biological information. For each of these zones, data on species number and species richness were collected. Clear patterns in average species number have been observed for the meiobenthos, the macrobenthos and the hyperbenthos.The species number of benthic assemblages in inshore waters changes dramatically between the eastern and western end of the Belgian coast. A second gradient runs perpendicular to the coastline and involves an increasing species number and diversity offshore. A third gradient relating to depth within a zone needs yet to be confirmed. Also an offshore decrease in density has been observed for macrobenthos and hyperbenthos. Avifauna data do not confirm these patterns even though seabird assemblages offshore differ from the inshore avifauna. All observed patterns need yet to be confirmed by standardised research and monitoring, being the aim of the ongoing programme. Besides the analysis of structural and functional biodiversity data on benthos and avifauna, this synthesis also examined the knowledge on the genetic structure and the parasite fauna of fish occurring on the BCS. The limited information available on the Belgian coastal waters points at continuity between fish populations of the. English Channel, the Southern Bight and the Central North Sea. Genetic differences of fish parasites have been observed in the area and may aid in addressing issues like genetic selection of the heavily fished populations.
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Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Alosa fallax (Lacepède, 1803) (additional source)
Angulus fabula (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791) (basis of record)
Angulus pygmaeus (Lovén, 1846) accepted as Asbjornsenia pygmaea (Lovén, 1846) (basis of record)
Bulbamphiascus inermis (Sewell, 1940) accepted as Bulbamphiascus imus (Brady, 1872) (basis of record)
Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Cirratulus filiformis Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Aphelochaeta filiformis (Keferstein, 1862) (basis of record)
Cultellus pellucidus (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777) (basis of record)
Dactylopodella tisboides (Claus, 1863) accepted as Dactylopusia tisboides (Claus, 1863) (basis of record)
Dactylopodella vulgaris (Sars M., 1905) accepted as Dactylopusia vulgaris Sars G.O., 1905 represented as Dactylopusia vulgaris vulgaris Sars G.O., 1905 (basis of record)
Dorvillea caeca (Webster & Benedict, 1884) accepted as Parougia caeca (Webster & Benedict, 1884) (basis of record)
Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) (additional source)
Gavia arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Gavia immer (Brünnich, 1764) (additional source)
Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan, 1763) (additional source)
Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789) (basis of record)
Glycera convoluta Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861 (additional source)
Grania postclitellochaeta (Knöllner, 1935) (additional source)
Gymnammodytes semisquamatus (Jourdain, 1879) (additional source)
Larus Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 (additional source)
Larus cachinnans Pallas, 1811 (additional source)
Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815 (basis of record)
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
Larus fuscus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Larus fuscus graellsii Brehm, 1857 (basis of record)
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767 (additional source)
Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
Larus minutus Pallas, 1776 accepted as Hydrocoloeus minutus (Pallas, 1776) (additional source)
Larus ridibundus Linnaeus, 1766 (additional source)
Larus sabini Sabine, 1819 accepted as Xema sabini (Sabine, 1819) (additional source)
Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761) accepted as Gulosus aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761) (additional source)
Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Phalaropus Brisson, 1760 (additional source)
Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert, 1783) (additional source)
Podiceps nigricollis Brehm, 1831 (additional source)
Polygordius appendiculata [auct. misspelling of 'appendiculatus'] accepted as Polygordius appendiculatus Fraipont, 1887 (basis of record)
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818) (additional source)
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) (additional source)
Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764) (additional source)
Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Schistomysis spiritus (Norman, 1860) (additional source)
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819 (additional source)
Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815) (additional source)
Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, 1764) (additional source)
Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764 accepted as Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764) (additional source)
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 (additional source)
Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787 (additional source)
Tharyx marioni (Saint-Joseph, 1894) accepted as Aphelochaeta marioni (Saint-Joseph, 1894) (basis of record)
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763) (additional source)
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthomysis longicornis (Milne Edwards, 1837) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Achaeus cranchii Leach, 1817  (inaccurate)
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Achelia longipes (Hodge, 1864) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Actinonema celtica Boucher, 1976 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Afroleptastacus remanei (Noodt, 1964) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Agonus cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Alloteuthis subulata (Lamarck, 1798) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Alosa fallax (Lacepède, 1803) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Alpheus glaber (Olivi, 1792) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Alteutha depressa (Baird, 1837) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ameira brevipes Kunz, 1954 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ameira hyalina (Noodt, 1952) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ameira parvula (Claus, 1866) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ampelisca brevicornis (A. Costa, 1853) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiascoides debilis (Giesbrecht, 1881) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiascus parvus Sars G.O., 1906 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiascus varians (Norman & Scott T., 1905) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphilochus manudens Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphilochus neapolitanus Della Valle, 1893 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphioxus lanceolatus (Pallas, 1774) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiura (Acrocnida) brachiata (Montagu, 1804) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Anaitides groenlandica (Örsted, 1842) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Anaitides lineata (Claparède, 1870) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Anaitides maculata (Linnaeus, 1767) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Anaitides mucosa (Örsted, 1843) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Anaitides subulifera Eliason, 1962 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Anapagurus laevis (Bell, 1845) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Angulus fabula (Gmelin, 1791) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Angulus pygmaeus (Lovén, 1846) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aonides oxycephala (Sars, 1862) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aonides paucibranchiata Southern, 1914 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aora typica Krøyer, 1845  (inaccurate)
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Apherusa bispinosa (Spence Bate, 1857) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Apherusa ovalipes Norman & Scott, 1906 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aphia minuta (Risso, 1810) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Apodopsyllus littoralis (Nicholls, 1939) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Arenocaris bifida Nicholls, 1935 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Arenosetella germanica Kunz, 1937 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aricidea minuta Southward, 1956 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Atherina (Hepsetia) presbyter Cuvier, 1829 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Atylus falcatus Metzger, 1871 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Atylus swammerdamei (H. Milne Edwards, 1830) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Autolytus edwardsii Saint Joseph, 1887 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Autolytus prolifer (O. F. Müller, 1788) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana (Spence Bate, 1857) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Bathyporeia pelagica (Spence Bate, 1857) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1760) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Beroe gracilis Künne, 1939 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Bodotria arenosa Goodsir, 1843 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Bodotria pulchella (Sars, 1878) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Bodotria scorpioides (Montagu, 1804) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Bougainvillia britannica (Forbes, 1841) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Buglossidium luteum (Risso, 1810) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Bulbamphiascus inermis (Sewell, 1940) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Caecum glabrum (Montagu, 1803) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Calanus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Callianassa subterranea (Montagu, 1808) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Callianassa tyrrhena (Petagna, 1792) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Callionymus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1837 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Canuella perplexa Scott T. & Scott A., 1893 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Capitomastus minimus (Langerhans, 1880) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Caulleriella alata (Southern, 1914) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Centropages typicus Krøyer, 1849 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cheirocratus intermedius G.O. Sars, 1894 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cheirocratus sundevallii (Rathke, 1843) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Chromadorella problematica Boucher, 1976 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Chromadorella salicaniensis Boucher, 1976 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Chromadorita Filipjev, 1922 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ciliata mustela (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cirratulus filiformis Keferstein, 1862 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Corophium acherusicum A. Costa, 1853 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Corophium arenarium Crawford, 1937 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Corophium bonnellii (H. Milne Edwards, 1830) 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Corophium sextonae Crawford, 1937 
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone for Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766) 
Dutch aalscholver for Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch alk for Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758
Dutch Amerikaanse boormossel [from synonym] for Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818
Dutch blauwe mossel for Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Dutch brakwateraasgarnaal for Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814)
Dutch drieteenmeeuw for Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch dwergmeeuw [from synonym] for Larus minutus Pallas, 1776
Dutch dwergstern [from synonym] for Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764
Dutch eidereend for Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch fuut for Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch geoorde fuut for Podiceps nigricollis Brehm, 1831
Dutch gewone garnaal for Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch gewone steurgarnaal for Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1836
Dutch grauwe franjepoot for Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch grauwe pijlstormvogel for Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789)
Dutch grote burgemeester for Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767
Dutch grote jager for Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, 1764)
Dutch grote mantelmeeuw for Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758
Dutch grote pijlstormvogel for Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)
Dutch grote stern for Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787
Dutch grote strandschelp for Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch grote zee-eend for Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch grote zwaardschede [from synonym] for Ensis arcuatus (Jeffreys, 1865)
Dutch harig krabbetje for Pilumnus hirtellus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Dutch hongerlijder for Pariambus typicus (Krøyer, 1845)
Dutch ijsduiker for Gavia immer (Brünnich, 1764)
Dutch Jan van Gent for Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch kleine alk for Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch kleine astarte for Goodallia triangularis (Montagu, 1803)
Dutch kleine jager for Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch kleine pijlinktvis for Alloteuthis subulata (Lamarck, 1798)
Dutch kleine platschelp [from synonym] for Angulus pygmaeus (Lovén, 1846)
Dutch kleine steenbolk for Trisopterus minutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch kleine zeekat for Sepiola atlantica A. d'Orbigny, 1842
Dutch kleinste jager for Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819
Dutch kokkel for Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch kokmeeuw for Larus ridibundus Linnaeus, 1766
Dutch koning van de poon for Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758
Dutch kuifaalscholver [from synonym] for Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Dutch lachstern for Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789)
Dutch melkwitte arkschelp for Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch middelste jager for Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815)
Dutch nonnetje for Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch noordse pijlstormvogel for Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764)
Dutch noordse stern for Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
Dutch noordse stormvogel for Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Dutch ovaal zeeklitschelpje for Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)
Dutch paarse zeeklit for Spatangus purpureus O.F. Müller, 1776
Dutch papegaaiduiker for Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch parelduiker for Gavia arctica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch pijlinktvis for Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798
Dutch porseleinkrabbetje for Pisidia longicornis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Dutch prismatische dunschaal for Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)
Dutch rechtsgestreepte dwarsschelp [from synonym] for Angulus fabula (Gmelin, 1791)
Dutch ringsnavelmeeuw for Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815
Dutch ringsprietgarnaal for Pandalus montagui Leach, 1814
Dutch roodhalsfuut for Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert, 1783)
Dutch roodkeelduiker for Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Dutch sabelschede for Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)
Dutch slanke kleine zwaardschede for Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch slijkgarnaal for Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766)
Dutch stevige strandschelp for Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch stormmeeuw for Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758
Dutch strandpissebed for Eurydice pulchra Leach, 1816
Dutch strandvlo [from synonym] for Talorchestia brito Stebbing, 1891
Dutch tweetandschelpje [from synonym] for Mysella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)
Dutch visdief for Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Dutch vorkstaartmeeuw [from synonym] for Larus sabini Sabine, 1819
Dutch witte boormossel for Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch zandkokerworm for Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)
Dutch zeeboontje for Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Dutch Zeekat for Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Dutch zeeklit for Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)
Dutch zeekoet for Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Dutch zeespinnen for Pycnogonida
Dutch zeester for Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Dutch zilvermeeuw for Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
Dutch zwarte stern for Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch zwarte zee-eend for Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dutch zwartkopmeeuw [from synonym] for Larus melanocephalus Temminck, 1820
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