Benthic habitat condition dataset in support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 6 (D06C05, 2018 Reporting)

This dataset is part of the 2018 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 6, criterion 5. It comprises three datasets used to assess the sea floor integrity for ensuring a proper functioning of the ecosystem.The dataset on the study of the fauna associated with cobble fields (hard substrates) describes the gravel analysis performed in the Belgian part of the North Sea between 2015 and 2017. Information on the location, date and procedure used for the sediment sampling is provided as well as the description of species found in the samples.The occurrence of important benthic species. The status of benthic habitats (soft substrates).

Date (Creation): 2018-09-07

Date (Revision): 2021-12-08

Date (Publication): 2026-10-22

Title: Digital Object Identifier

Date (Creation): 2016-05-19

Code: https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2026

Citation identifier: http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:2026
Belgian Marine Data Centre

Other citation details: This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Gert Van Hoey (2018). Occurence of important benthic species. (2) Gert Van Hoey, Annelies De Backer (2018). Status of benthic habitats (soft substrates). (3) Ilse De Mesel, Francis Kerckhof, Danae Kapasakali (2018). Study of the fauna associated with cobble fields. (4) GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2026 (MSFD).

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Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)	bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian
Instituut voor Landbouw- en Visserijonderzoek - Visserij (ILVO)	info@ilvo.be	Author
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)	bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Author
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)	info@naturalsciences.be	Owner
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)	info@naturalsciences.be	Publisher
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature)	odnature@naturalsciences.be	Author

Keywords

Oceanographic geographical features
Federal government
Reporting INSPIRE

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes

European Legislation Identifier

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance)

Marine Regions

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1

INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets

Directive 2008/56/EC

Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium

Environment

INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope

National

High-value dataset categories

Earth observation and environment

Eionet Central Data Repository

(Criteria) D6C5 - Benthic habitat condition

Use constraints: Other restrictions

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Other constraints: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No limitations on public access.

Use limitation: No conditions apply to use.

Classification: Unclassified

Spatial representation type: Vector

Language: English

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Oceans

gml32:beginPosition: 2012-01-01

gml32:endPosition: 2016-12-31

Reference system identifier: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://www.bmdc.be/NODC/ditsAttach/datasource/6082/20181012_1226030917016082_Benthos_soft.xlsx	Status of benthic habitats (soft substrates). Gert Van Hoey, Annelies De Backer

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://www.bmdc.be/NODC/ditsAttach/datasource/6083/20181012_1224411021556083_Benthic_species.xlsx	Occurence of important benthic species. Gert Van Hoey

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://www.bmdc.be/NODC/ditsAttach/datasource/6084/20181012_1222531059516084_MSFD_HG_ALL.xlsx	Study of the fauna associated with cobble fields. Ilse De Mesel, Francis Kerckhof, Danae Kapasakali

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2026	Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

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Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: Yes

Statement: Data on cobble fields benthic species are gathered by MARECO, those on soft substrate and important benthic species by ILVO, and are presented to BMDC as excel files. The headers of the excel files are normalized and quality managed as Common-Layout files, and are awaiting import into IDOD.

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File identifier: bmdc.be:dataset:2026 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-10-22T15:15:28.233Z

Metadata standard name: Geographic information -- Metadata

Metadata standard version: ISO 19115:2003/19139

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Point of contact

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