FRESHWATER METADATA JOURNAL

Title

Database of the PONDSCAPE project (Towards a sustainable management of pond diversity at the landscape level)

Author(s)

Pieter Lemmens, Aaike De Wever, Nicolas Bonjean, Annick Castiaux, Liesbeth Colson, Tom De Bie, Evelyn Decoster, Carla Denis, Els De Roeck, Dirk Ercken, Boudewijn Goddeeris, Raphaëlla Goyvaerts, Syaghalirwa N.M. Mandiki, Kevin Morelle, Emilie Praca, Isa Schön, Jeroen Van Wichelen, Katleen van der Gucht, Jochen Vandekerckhoven, Pieter Vanormelingen, Maria Villena Alvarez, Dirk Bauwens, Luc Denys, Marc Herremans, Leo Vanhecke, Betrand Losson, Yannick Caron, Henry-Michel Cauchie, Patrick Kestemont, Wim Vyverman, Luc De Meester, Steven A.J. Declerck & Koen Martens

Abstract

The database of the PONDSCAPE project (Towards a sustainable management of pond diversity at the landscape level) comprises taxon occurrence data of eight different organism groups (bacteria, phytoplankton, diatoms, cladoceran, macro-invertebrates, macrophytes, amphibians and fish) and data on physical, chemical and morphometric variables of 125 farmland ponds covering five biogeographic regions in Belgium and Luxembourg.

Keywords

farmland ponds, environmental conditions, occurrences, Belgium, Luxembourg

How to cite this article

Lemmens, P., De Wever, A., Bonjean, N., Castiaux, A., Colson, L., De Bie, T., Decoster, E., Denis, C., De Roeck, E., Ercken, D., Goddeeris, B., Goyvaerts, R., Mandiki, S.N.M., Morelle, K., Praca, E., Schön, I., Van Wichelen, J., van der Gucht, K., Vandekerckhoven, J., Vanormelingen, P., Villena Alvarez, M., Bauwens, D., Denys, L., Herremans, M., Vanhecke, L., Losson, B., Caron, Y., Cauchie, H.-M., Kestemont, P., Vyverman, W., De Meester, L., Declerck, S.A.J. & Martens, K., 2018. Database of the PONDSCAPE project (Towards a sustainable management of pond diversity at the landscape level). Freshwater Metadata Journal 31: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.15504/fmj.2018.31