Between 1998 and 2011 the SPW-DEMNA sampled macroinvertebrates in 3 reaches of the River Meuse (Hastière, Andenne, Lixhe) with a protocol adapted for deep rivers.
Environmental and fish data for the Meuse are also available as separate datasets.
Environmental monitoring facilities, Species distribution
own science keywords:
Macroinvertebrate, River Meuse, invasive, long term monitoring
related project:
Planctonic resources decrease, and habitat alterations, which consequences for the functioning of communities? University of Namur
funding:
We would like to thank the SPW (Belgium)for providing the data corresponding to their Meuse River monitoring programs. This work was funded by the University of Namur.
The dataset is publicly available (data portal, data archive) and can be used without restrictions, but dataset creator/data contributors must be informed prior to publication. Data must be acknowledged and cited correctly.
The dataset is publicly available (data portal, data archive) and can be used without restrictions, but must be acknowledged and cited correctly.
citation of this dataset:
author(s):
Latli, A. & Chérot, F.
title and journal (name, number, pages):
Macroinvertebrate data of the Belgian River Meuse from 1998 to 2011.
year:
2017
citation of the metadata:
author(s):
Latli A., Chérot F. & Kestemont P.
title and journal (name, number, pages):
Macroinvertebrate data of the Belgian River Meuse from 1998 to 2011. Freshwater Metadata Journal 34: 1-5
year:
2018
doi (if applicable):
https://doi.org/10.15504/fmj.2018.34
dataset related references:
reference 1:
author(s):
Latli, A., Descy, J.-P., Mondy, C., Floury, M., Viroux, L., Otjacques, W., Marescaux, J., Depiereux, E., Ovidio, M., Usseglio-Polatera, P. & Kestemont, P.
title:
Long-term trends in trait structure of riverine communities facing predation risk increase and trophic resource decline. Ecological Applications 27(8): 2458-2474.
Schmidt-Kloiber, A., Graf, W., Lorenz, A. & Moog, O. (2006): The AQEM/STAR taxalist - a pan-European macro-invertebrate ecological database and taxa inventory. Hydrobiologia 566: 325-342.
coding system:
no coding used
sample specifications:
specification of method(s) used for sampling and sorting:
Between 1998 and 2011 in 3 reaches of the River Meuse (Hastière, Andenne, Lixhe) a protocol adapted for deep rivers and derived from the IBGA (1997) was used. At these sites, during each sampling campaign, stones near the banks, aquatic vegetation and littoral substrates were sampled with a hand net (500 µm mesh size). The deeper part of the main channel was sampled from a boat using a triangular dredge and three artificial substrates were deployed for one month. Taxa were identified at the family level and abundances were determined with a semi-quantitative estimation ("1" = 1 individual, "2" = 2, "3" = 3, "4" more than 3 and less than 10, "5" = more than 10 and less than 100, "6" > 99).
reference(s):
IBGA: "Global Biological Index Adapted to large freshwater rivers", Gay Environnement & Agence de l’Eau Rhône-Méditerranée-Corse, 1997.
