Loopkevers Grensmaas - Carabid beetles near the river Meuse in Flanders, Belgium

Stijn Vanacker1, Dimitri Brosens2, Dimitri Brosens1, Peter Desmet1

1 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Kliniekstraat 25, 1070, Brussels, Belgium; 2 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Kliniekstraat 65, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

Corresponding author(s): Stijn Vanacker (stijn.vanacker@rwo.vlaanderen.be), Dimitri Brosens (dimitri.brosens@inbo.be)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Abstract

Occurrences of carabid beetles (Carabidae)near the river Meuse on the border of Belgium and the Netherlands. The dataset also contains the bycatch occurrence records .

Keywords: beetles, coleoptera, nature restoration, Occurrence, Observation

General description

Purpose: Nature development plan for the river Meuse
* Habitat creation
* A future for species
* Policy
Additional information: Historical dataset

Project details

Project title: Biologische monitoring in het integraal monitoringsplan Grensmaas
Personnel: Stijn Vanacker

Data published through GBIF: http://data.inbo.be/ipt/resource.do?r=kevers-grensmaas-occurrences

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Carabid beetles, Carabidae
Taxonomic ranks
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Grensmaas, the river Meuse on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands
Coordinates: 50°42'36''N and 51°10'48''N Latitude; 5°37'12''E and 5°52'48''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: August 25, 1998 - October 4, 1999

Methods

Method step description: Pitfalls were placed on 80 plots and sampled from May to Oktober. All sampled carabid species were determined by experts.
Study extent description: The riverbanks of the river Meuse on the border of the Netherlands and Belgium was sampled.
Sampling description: 80 plots with 3 pitfalls on each plot. Sampling happened each year from May to Oktober
Quality control description: yes

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Loopkevers Grensmaas - Carabid beetles near the river Meuse in Flanders, Belgium
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://data.inbo.be/ipt/archive.do?r=kevers-grensmaas-occurrences
Publication date of data: 2014-04-24
Language: English
Licenses of use: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

External datasets

Dataset description
Object name: GBIF
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: various formats
Distribution: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/f4230399-51b8-4862-8991-93d6ba11406f

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2013-06-11
Hierarchy level: Dataset