Ecological typology of waterways, vegetation surveys

Sampling event
Latest version published by Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) on Apr 14, 2021 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Publication date:
14 April 2021
License:
CC0 1.0

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Description

Ecological typology of waterways, plant surveys. First official ecological inventarisation of rivers in Flanders. To create a typology based on water quality, morphological and biological characteristics. This subdataset are the macrophytes.

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This dataset was published as open data for the TrIAS project (Tracking Invasive Alien Species http://trias-project.be, Vanderhoeven et al. 2017), with technical support provided by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO).

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,053 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
1053
Occurrence 
4731

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Schneiders A (2021): Ecological typology of waterways, vegetation surveys. v1.4. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Dataset/Samplingevent. https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=ecological-typology-waterways-occurrences&v=1.4

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: f8de3f7e-0325-4a15-aab4-3412f428676e.  Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

TrIAS; macrophyte; plant; freshwater; river; vegetation survey; Samplingevent; Samplingevent

Contacts

Anik Schneiders
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
Dimitri Brosens
  • Metadata Provider
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) / Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE

Geographic Coverage

Flanders, Belgium

Bounding Coordinates South West [50.67, 2.53], North East [51.51, 5.94]

Taxonomic Coverage

Macrophytes in Flanders

Kingdom Plantae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1988-01-01 / 1998-01-01

Sampling Methods

vegetation survey, 100 meter plots wading through the water, marking macrophytes on a geodetic survey map.

Study Extent First official ecological inventarisation of rivers in Flanders. To create a typology based on water quality, morphological and biological characteristics. This subdataset are the macrophytes.
Quality Control expert assessment

Method step description:

  1. survey in the river
  2. fieldnotes on detailed map
  3. digitized fieldnotes
  4. data imported in recorder
  5. custom SQL query to create DwC
  6. publish data on GBIF

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers f8de3f7e-0325-4a15-aab4-3412f428676e
https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=ecological-typology-waterways-occurrences