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Loopkevers Grensmaas - Ground beetles near the river Meuse in Flanders, Belgium
Stijn
Vanacker
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Former collaborator
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
Brussels Capital Region
1070
BE
stijn.vanacker@rwo.vlaanderen.be
Dimitri
Brosens
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Data liaison officer
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
Brussels Capital Region
1070
BE
dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
http://www.biodiversity.be
0000-0002-0846-9116
Peter
Desmet
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Data lab coordinator
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
Brussels Capital Region
1070
BE
peter.desmet@inbo.be
http://lifewatch.inbo.be
0000-0002-8442-8025
Stijn
Vanacker
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Former collaborator
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
Brussels Capital Region
1070
BE
stijn.vanacker@rwo.vlaanderen.be
Dimitri
Brosens
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Data liaison officer
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
Brussels Capital Region
1070
BE
dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
http://www.biodiversity.be
0000-0002-0846-9116
Peter
Desmet
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Data lab coordinator
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
Brussels Capital Region
1070
BE
peter.desmet@inbo.be
http://lifewatch.inbo.be
0000-0002-8442-8025
2025-12-09
eng
Loopkevers Grensmaas - Ground beetles near the river Meuse in Flanders, Belgium is a species occurrence dataset published by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). The dataset contains over 5,800 beetle occurrences sampled between 1998 and 1999 from 28 locations on the left bank (Belgium) of the river Meuse on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands. The dataset includes over 100 ground beetles species (Carabidae) and some non-target species. The data were used to assess the dynamics of the Grensmaas area and to help river management. Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/LifeWatchINBO/data-publication/tree/master/datasets/kevers-grensmaas-occurrencesTo allow anyone to use this dataset, we have released the data to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). We would appreciate however, if you read and follow these norms for data use (http://www.inbo.be/en/norms-for-data-use) and provide a link to the original dataset (https://doi.org/10.15468/hy3pzl) whenever possible. If you use these data for a scientific paper, please cite the dataset following the applicable citation norms and/or consider us for co-authorship. We are always interested to know how you have used or visualized the data, or to provide more information, so please contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata, opendata@inbo.be or https://twitter.com/LifeWatchINBO.
Occurrence
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nature restoration
beetles
Carabidae
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Occurrence
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Grensmaas: the river Meuse on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands.
5.62
5.88
51.18
50.71
1998-08-25
1999-10-04
Almost all 107 species in this dataset are ground beetles (Carabidae), identified to species. The dataset also includes some non-target species: Chorthippus, Oedipoda, and Tetrix (Orthoptera) and Lamyctes (Chilopoda). The top 3 recorded species are Bembidion tetracolum (9%), Bembidion femoratum (8%), and Agonum muelleri (7%).
kingdom
Animalia
animals
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
insects
order
Coleoptera
beetles
family
Carabidae
ground beetles
Variation in time and space is a key characteristic of the river Meuse. Ground beetles are a good indicator to assess these dynamics. The goal of this project was to better understand the dynamics of the Grensmaas and help river management, habitat restoration and policy.
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Stijn
Vanacker
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Former collaborator
Kliniekstraat 25
Brussels
Brussels Capital Region
1070
BE
stijn.vanacker@rwo.vlaanderen.be
Pitfalls were placed on 80 plots and sampled from May to October.
28 locations on the left bank (Belgium) of the river Meuse on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands.
The beetles were sampled at 80 plots, with 3 pitfall traps per plot. Sampling occurrened in 1998 and 1999, from May to October
All sampled carabid species were determined by experts. All records are validated.
2013-06-11T08:42:30.311+02:00
dataset
Vanacker S, Brosens D, Desmet P (2025). Loopkevers Grensmaas - Ground beetles near the river Meuse in Flanders, Belgium. Version 9.5. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.15468/hy3pzl
Van Looy K., Jochems H., Vanacker S., Lommelen E., Dufrêne M., De Blust, G. (2004). Loopkevers langs de Maas: Indicatoren voor het rivierbeheer. Natuur.focus 3(3): 87-93. http://www.natuurpunt.be/sites/default/files/documents/publication/natuur.focus_2004-3_loopkevers_langs_de_maas.pdf
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