The Macrobenthic Fauna in the Dutch Sector of the North Sea in 2008 and a comparison with previous data

For the period 2006-2008, the North Sea macrobenthic monitoring programme is organised in cooperation with Waterdienst (formerly: the National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management/RIKZ (Rijkswaterstaat), the North Sea Directorate (Rijkswaterstaat)) and a consortium of contracting companies constituted 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 2008.