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Plastic ingestion by fulmars dataset supporting the 2024 Belgian MSFD assessment of D10C3

This dataset is part of the 2024 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 10, criterion 3. This dataset reports the amount of plastic ingested (stomach contents) by Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) beached along the Belgian coast (environmental target: fewer than 10% of fulmars contain more than 0.1g of plastic in their stomach).

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Date (Creation)
2025-02-13
Date (Revision)
2026-09-14
Date (Publication)
2026-09-15
Date (Creation)
2016-05-19
Unique resource identifier
https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2938
Identifier
http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:2938

Date

Other citation details
This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) OSPAR assessment on Plastic Particles in Fulmar Stomachs. (2) Eric Stienen, Hilbran Verstraete (n.d.). Plastic ingestion by fulmars Report MSFD 2024.
Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Owner
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Publisher
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Keywords
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Reporting INSPIRE
  • Federal government
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Oceanographic geographical features
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
  • Belgian part of the North Sea
  • Greater North Sea, incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
  • marine monitoring
  • Marine Strategy Framework Directive
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
  • Directive 2008/56/EC
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
  • Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
  • Environment
INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts
  • Oceanographic Geographical Features
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
  • National
High-value dataset categories
  • Earth observation and environment
Eionet Central Data Repository
  • (Criteria) D10C3 - Litter ingested
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No conditions apply to access and use
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
Text, table
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
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gml32:beginPosition
2020-01-01
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
Distribution format
  • text/html ( Unknown )

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
text/html
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.032242
OnLine resource
OSPAR assessment on Plastic Particles in Fulmar Stomachs ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An HTTP link to download

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.366992
OnLine resource
Plastic ingestion by fulmars Report MSFD 2024. Eric Stienen, Hilbran Verstraete ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An HTTP link to view information

OnLine resource
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
Yes
Statement
Specimens are collected during monthly winter surveys of beached seabirds; stomach dissection follows OSPAR-EcoQO guidelines, performed at international workshops (IMARES-Texel) or in Belgium by trained INBO staff. Monitoring is carried out by INBO under the OSPAR Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme, since 2002. Opportunistic collection of beached specimens during monthly winter beached-bird surveys. Dissection and counting/weighing of plastic particles in fulmar stomach contents, following OSPAR-EcoQO guidelines.
File identifier
bmdc.be:dataset:2938 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-09-15T15:30:33.218Z
Metadata standard name
Geographic information -- Metadata
Metadata standard version
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Point of contact
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
 
 

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Keywords

Eionet Central Data Repository
(Criteria) D10C3 - Litter ingested
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)
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
Marine Strategy Framework Directive marine monitoring
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Oceanographic geographical features
High-value dataset categories
Earth observation and environment
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
Directive 2008/56/EC
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
National
INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts
Oceanographic Geographical Features
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
Environment

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