FRESHWATER METADATA JOURNAL

Title

Metadata description of the ORCA database (ORganic and Conventional Agriculture's impact on aquatic biodiversity)

Author(s)

Marie Cours, Pieter Lemmens, Rafaela Almeida, Rein Brys, Luc Denys, Aaike De Wever, Marc Knockaert, An Leyssen, Joachim Mergeay, Jo Packet, Koen Parmentier, Isa Schön, Jeroen Venderickx, Thierry Vercauteren, Dries Adriaens, Koen Martens & Luc De Meester

Abstract

The database of the ORCA project (A comparative analysis of ORganic and Conventional Agriculture's impact on aquatic biodiversity) comprises species occurrence data of different organism groups (zooplankton, macro-invertebrates, macrophytes, amphibians (eDNA) and fish (eDNA)) and data on physical, chemical and morphometric variables of 48 small farmland ponds distributed over Flanders, Belgium.

Keywords

farmland ponds, occurences, environmental coditions, organic agriculture, Belgium

How to cite this article

Cours, M., Lemmens, P., Almeida, R., Brys, R., Denys, L., De Wever, A., Knockaert, M., Leyssen, A., Mergeay, J., Packet, J., Parmentier, K., Schön, I., Venderickx, J., Vercauteren, T., Adriaens, D., Martens, K. & De Meester, L., 2021. Metadata description of the ORCA database (ORganic and Conventional Agriculture's impact on aquatic biodiversity). Freshwater Metadata Journal 52: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.15504/fmj.2021.52