Belgian coastal waters and sand bank systems - Belgium

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https://deims.org/e83a90a3-2fb4-49bc-8991-a1d5b017ae19
Basic Information

Site Name: 

Belgian coastal waters and sand bank systems

Short name : 

Belgian coastal waters

Web Address: 

Flanders Marine Institute

Country (Site Location): 

Belgium

LTER Member Network: 

Belgium (LTER-Belgium)

Subsite Name(s): 

Simon Stevin Research Vessel - Belgium
VLIZ Marine Observatory - Belgium
VLIZ Thornton Bouy - Belgium

Contact: Site Manager: 

Dre Cattrijsse
Klaas Deneudt

General Site Description: 

The Belgian part of the North Sea (BPNS) covers the most south-western part of the North Sea and is bordered by the English Channel to the south-west and by the central part of the North Sea to the north-east. The BPNS is mainly influenced by water from the ‘channel’ and from freshwater inputs from the Yzer and Scheldt. Long term data series are being collected for this site at different locations, making use of Thornthon Buoy, Simon Stevin Research vessel and an operational Marine Observatory that includes monthly surveys on the BPNS and an array of sensor networks.

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General Characteristics, Purpose, History

Site Status: 

existing

Year Site Established: 

2002

Size : 

345 400.00ha

Purpose of Site : 

This site combines three subsites.

Research Topics: 

Parameters: 

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Geographic

Coordinates: 

Latitude: 51.464833000000
Longitude: 2.704444000000
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