Dutch title: De hyperbenthische gemeenschappen van stranden: structuur en interactie met demersale vissen en epibenthische macro-Crustacea Funder identifier: 951393 en 953393 (Other contract id) Period: 1995 till 1999 Status: Completed
Thesaurus terms Benthos; Crustaceans (marine); Population dynamics
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Economie, Wetenschap en Innovatie; Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT), more, sponsor
The spatial and temporal paterns of the hyperbenthos of the intertidal and very shallow subtidal areas of the Belgian beaches, as well as the population dynamics of the dominant hyperbenthic species, will be investigated. Baseline data will become available for the calculation of energy fluxes to higher trophic lelvels (mainly demersal fish and macrocrustaceans). Finally, the importance of beaches as nursery areas for larval and early postlarval (hyperbenthos) and 0+ demersal fish and epibenthic macrocrustaceans (epibenthos) will be estimated.
