FRESHWATER METADATA JOURNAL

Title

Database on environmental conditions and biodiversity in shallow lakes in Belgium and the Netherlands

Author(s)

Pieter Lemmens, Aaike De Wever, Jochen Vandekerkhove, Koenraad Muylaert, Katleen Van der Gucht, Gabriel Zwart, Wouter Rommens, Jeroen Van Wichelen, Vanessa Geenens, Wim Vyverman, Luc Brendonck, Koen Martens, Steven A.J. Declerck & Luc De Meester

Abstract

The BIOMAN dataset comprises local environmental data and community data of different organism groups (bacterioplankton, zooplankton, ciliates, phytoplankton, macro-invertebrates, fish, protists and aquatic vegetation) from 98 shallow lakes covering three geographic regions in Europe sampled in 2000-2001. The database BIOMAN-Belgium is a subset of the overall BIOMAN dataset and includes data from 39 shallow lakes located in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Keywords

shallow lakes, Belgium, The Netherlands, plankton, fish, macrophytes, macro-invertebrates

How to cite this article

Lemmens, P., De Wever, A., Vandekerkhove, J., Muylaert, K., Van der Gucht, K., Zwart, G., Rommens, W., Van Wichelen, J., Geenens, V., Vyverman, W., Brendonck, L., Martens, K., Declerck, S.A.J. & De Meester, L., 2018. Database on environmental conditions and biodiversity in shallow lakes in Belgium and the Netherlands. Freshwater Metadata Journal 29: 1-9. https://doi.org/10.15504/fmj.2018.29