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IMERS: Integrated Marine Environmental Samples and Readings
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This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
The IMERS database was set up at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in response to the growing need of a general repository that could store the data resulting from sampling campaigns in a uniform way. The database has been designed for storing measurement data based on sampling of water, sediment, suspended matter and biota. The measurement data, the so-called readings, are stored together with a maximum of information on the actual sampling event that lay at the basis of the measurement. more
The IMERS database was set up at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in response to the growing need of a general repository that could store the data resulting from sampling campaigns in a uniform way. The database has been designed for storing measurement data based on sampling of water, sediment, suspended matter and biota. The measurement data, the so-called readings, are stored together with a maximum of information on the actual sampling event that lay at the basis of the measurement. This way, for example biotic readings can be queried together with the environmental readings that were registered during the same visit of a station. There is a maximum of integration of the database with the other databases managed at the Flanders Marine Data and Information Centre. All species records in the IMERS database are directly linked to the APHIA database (WoRMS). The persons and institutes in the IMERS database are linked to IMIS (Integrated Marine Information System). Where relevant the trips in the IMERS database are linked to the trips in MIDAS (Marine Information and Data Acquisition System). For own use and to allow external users of the database to manually input data into the IMERS system, an input tool has been developed. This input programme can be used for both online and offline input. In the case of offline input (for example on board of a research vessel) the data is temporarily stored in a local database before it is uploaded to the server database. Currently the IMERS database contains over 230,000 biotic records and more than 31,000 records for environmental parameters. A web interface allowing online consultation of the public part of these data can be found on http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/imers.
The IMERS database was set up at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in response to the growing need of a general repository that could store the data resulting from sampling campaigns in a uniform way. The database has been designed for storing measurement data based on sampling of water, sediment, suspended matter and biota. The measurement data, the so-called readings, are stored together with a maximum of information on the actual sampling event that lay at the basis of the measurement. This way, for example biotic readings can be queried together with the environmental readings that were registered during the same visit of a station. There is a maximum of integration of the database with the other databases managed at the Flanders Marine Data and Information Centre. All species records in the IMERS database are directly linked to the APHIA database (WoRMS). The persons and institutes in the IMERS database are linked to IMIS (Integrated Marine Information System). Where relevant the trips in the IMERS database are linked to the trips in MIDAS (Marine Information and Data Acquisition System). For own use and to allow external users of the database to manually input data into the IMERS system, an input tool has been developed. This input programme can be used for both online and offline input. In the case of offline input (for example on board of a research vessel) the data is temporarily stored in a local database before it is uploaded to the server database. Currently the IMERS database contains over 230,000 biotic records and more than 31,000 records for environmental parameters. A web interface allowing online consultation of the public part of these data can be found on http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/imers.
Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Brackish water, Data storage, research vessel, Samples, ship, Water sampling, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, ANE, North East Atlantic, Belgium, Zeeschelde
Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde [Marine Regions]
ANE, North East Atlantic [Marine Regions]
Belgium, Zeeschelde [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
From 1904 on [In Progress]
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, database developer, data manager
Deneudt, Klaas
Goffin, Annelies
Dewitte, Elien
Waumans, Filip
Goffin, Annelies
Dewitte, Elien
Waumans, Filip
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(Partly) included in:
PROJECT DATA: Integrated data from projects PODOI and Trophos (1997-2006)
Project
OMES 5 Main: Onderzoek naar de gevolgen van het Sigmaplan, baggeractiviteiten en havenuitbreiding in de Zeeschelde op het milieu
OMES 5: Studie naar de basiswaterkwaliteit in het Vlaams gedeelte van het Schelde-estuarium
OMES 5: Studie naar de koolstofcyclus in het Vlaams gedeelte van het Schelde-estuarium
OMES 5: Studie naar de primaire productie in het Vlaams gedeelte van het Schelde-estuarium
OMES 5: Studie naar de sedimentologie en het lichtklimaat in het Vlaams gedeelte van het Schelde-estuarium
OMES 5: Studie naar het fytoplankton in het Vlaams gedeelte van het Schelde-estuarium
OMES 5: Studie naar het zoöplankton van in het Vlaams gedeelte van het Schelde-estuarium
BEWREMABI: Belgian Shipwreck: hotspots for Marine Biodiversity
ENDIS-RISKS: Endocrine disruption in the Scheldt Estuary: distribution, exposure and effects
Hyperbenthic communities of beaches: structure and interaction with demersal fish and epibenthic macro-Crustacea
IMPULS: Impulsprogramme "Marine Sciences"
JEEP: Major biological processes in European tidal estuaries
MATURE: Biogeochemistry of the maximum turbidity zone in estuaries
OMES 1 Main: Research on the environmental effects of the SIGMA plan
OMES 2 Main: Integration of the 'OMES' projects
OMES 3 Main: Effects of dredgings and harbour expansion on the environment
OMES 4 Main: Research on the environmental effects of the SIGMA plan: Effects of dredgings and harbour expansion on the environment
STARDUST: Spatial and Temporal Assessment of high Resolution Depth profiles Using novel Sampling Technologies
Structural and functional biodiversity of North Sea ecosystems: species and their habitats as indicator for the sustainable management of the BCS
TROPHOS: Higher trophic levels in the Southern North Sea
Voordelta*4: hyperbenthosonderzoek Voordelta
Publication
Describing this dataset
Brackez, R. et al. (2007). Simple online access to marine survey data using the IMERS web interface, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 2 March 2007: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 39: pp. 23
Deneudt, K. et al. (2007). IMERS, a general data system for storage of marine survey data Anno 2007, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 2 March 2007: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 39: pp. 32-33
Deneudt, K. et al. (2005). The IMERS database, an integrated way of storing marine environmental readings and samplings, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2005: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 20: pp. 30
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Data collection
Metadatarecord created: 2007-08-17
Information last updated: 2022-08-16
