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DIVMOM: Relationship between diversity and productivity of benthic diatoms along the salinity gradient in the Westerschelde, The Netherlands [Relatie tussen diversiteit en productiviteit van benthische diatomeeën langsheen de saliniteitsgradiënt van de Westerschelde]
Citation
Creach, V., Kromkamp J., Stal L. 2003: Relationship between diversity and productivity of benthic diatoms along the salinity gradient in the Westerschelde, The Netherlands. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1213. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1213
Archived data
Availability: Unrestricted
The data are freely available to anybody and may be used for any purpose. Usage acknowledgement may be required
Description
The biodiversity of microphytobenthos and its spatial and temporal variability along the salinity gradient in the Westerschelde is described using a molecular approach in addition to the classical taxonomy. more

A large number of species is isolated and a phylogenetic tree of the 18S rDNA of the diatoms is produced. This will be related to function i.e. primary production.
Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Plants, Biology > Productivity - biomass
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Brackish water, Biodiversity, Diatoms, Phytobenthos, Primary production, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, ANE, Scheldt Estuary
Geographical coverage
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde Stations [Marine Regions]
Site 3
Coordinates: Long: 3,9358; Lat: 51,4403 [WGS84]
ANE, Scheldt Estuary [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
1 January 2002 - 31 December 2003
Parameters
19'-Butanoyloxyfucoxanthin
19'-Hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin
Alloxanthin
Alpha-Carotene
Ammonia (NH3)
Ammonium (NH4+)
C:N ratio (molair)
Chlorinity (titrimetric)
Chlorophyll a
Chlorophyll a + allomer/isomer
Chlorophyll a + allomer/isomer chlorophyll a
Chlorophyll b
Chlorophyll b + allomer/isomer
Chlorophyll c1+2
D10 percentile for grainsize (Malvern)
D90 percentile for grainsize (Malvern)
Diadinoxanthin
Diatoxanthin
Dissolved hydrolysable phosphorus (P)
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC)
Fine sand fraction; PHI 3 - 2; 125-250 mu
Free phosphate (PO43-)
Free phosphate concentration (PO43-)
Fucoxanthin
Isotope Carbon (C)
Isotope Nitrogen (N)
Lutein
Median grainsize D50 from Malvern in mu
Median grainsize D50 from Malvern in PHI
Medium sand fraction; PHI 2 - 1; 250-500 mu
Neoxanthin
Nitrate (NO3-)
Nitrate (NO3-) + Nitrite (NO2-)
Nitrate (NO3-) + Nitrite (NO2-)
Nitrite (NO2-)
Organic carbon (OC)
Peridinin
Phaeophorbide a
Phaeophytin a
Prasinoxanthin
Salinity (titrimetric with silver nitrate)
Silicon (Si) in water
Silt % <16 mu
Silt % <50 mu
Silt % <63 mu; PHI > 4
Specific surface area
Standard deviation
Sulphate (SO42-) concentration
Sum Chlorophyll-c1+2
Sum Phaeophorbide a
Sum Phaeophorbide's a
Sum Phaeophytin a
Sum Phaeophytin's a
Total hydrolysable phosphate (PO43-)
Total nitrogen (N)
Urea in seawater
Very Fine sand fraction; PHI 4 - 3; 63-125 mu
Violaxanthin
Zeaxanthin
Contributor
Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; NIOZ Yerseke, more, data owner
Project
DIVPROD: Diversity - Productivity Relationships in Microphytobenthos, more
HIMOM: Hierarchical Monitoring Methods for Tidal Flats, more
Publication
Based on this dataset
Morris, E.P. et al. (2008). Coupling between Photosystem II electron transport and carbon fixation in microphytobenthos. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 50(3): 301-311. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame01175, more
Sahan, E.; Muyzer, G. (2008). Diversity and spatio-temporal distribution of ammonia-oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria in sediments of the Westerschelde estuary. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 64(2): 175-186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00462.x, more
Sahan, E. et al. (2007). Community structure and seasonal dynamics of diatom biofilms and associated grazers in intertidal mudflats. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 47(3): 253-266. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame047253, more
Forster, R.M. et al. (2006). Biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship in microphytobenthic diatoms of the Westerschelde estuary. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 311: 191-201. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps311191, more
Forster, R.M.; Kromkamp, J. (2006). Estimating benthic primary production: scaling up from point measurements to the whole estuary, in: Kromkamp, J. et al. (Ed.) (2006). Functioning of microphytobenthos in estuaries: Proceedings of the Colloquium, Amsterdam, 21-23 August 2003. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Verhandelingen, Afd. Natuurkunde (Tweede Reeks), 103: pp. 109-120, more
Forster, R.M.; Kromkamp, J.C. (2004). Modelling the effects of chlorophyll fluorescence from subsurface layers on photosynthetic efficiency measurements in microphytobenthic algae. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 284: 9-22, more
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: experiment
Metadatarecord created: 2007-04-12
Information last updated: 2009-10-08
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