The Macrobenthic Fauna in the Dutch Sector of the North Sea in 2006 and a comparison with previous data

For the period 2006-2008, the North Sea macrobenthic monitoring programme is organised in cooperation between Waterdienst (formerly: the National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management/RIKZ (Rijkswaterstaat), the North Sea Directorate (Rijkswaterstaat)) and a consortium of contracting companies formed by Grontmij|AquaSense, Ecosub and Wageningen - IMARES (formerly: TNO-IMARES). This report presents the results of the macrobenthos survey on the Dutch Continental Shelf (DCS), carried out in 2006.