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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).

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Date (Creation)
2018-09-07
Date (Revision)
2021-12-08
Date (Publication)
2025-05-07
Identifier
http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:2026

Date

Other citation details
Please cite as follows: 1) GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2026 (MSFD). 2) Gert Van Hoey (2018). Occurence of important benthic species.3) Gert Van Hoey, Annelies De Backer (2018). Status of benthic habitats (soft substrates).4) Ilse De Mesel, Francis Kerckhof, Danae Kapasakali (2018). Study of the fauna associated with cobble fields.
Author
  Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://odnature.naturalsciences.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
Author
  Instituut voor Landbouw- en Visserijonderzoek - Visserij (ILVO)
Ankerstraat 1, 8400 Oostende ,
http://www.ilvo.vlaanderen.be/
Author
  Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
http://www.bmdc.be
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
Keywords
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Reporting INSPIRE
  • Federal government
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
  • Belgian part of the North Sea
  • Greater North Sea, incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
  • marine monitoring
  • sea bed
  • biological monitoring
  • Marine Strategy Framework Directive
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
  • Directive 2008/56/EC
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
  • Environment
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
  • Sea-floor integrity supports ecosystem
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
  • National
Eionet Central Data Repository
  • (Criteria) D6C5 - Benthic habitat condition
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
Vector
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
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gml32:beginPosition
2012-01-01
gml32:endPosition
2016-12-31
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
Distribution format
  • application/xml ( Unknown )

  • application/vnd.ms-excel ( 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
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.063707
OnLine resource
rbins:xy20181012_1224411021556083_benthic_species ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map of: GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2026 (MSFD)

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
application/xml
Version
Unknown
OnLine resource
rbins:xy20181012_1224411021556083_benthic_species ( OGC:WFS )

A WFS service to download: GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2026 (MSFD)

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
application/vnd.ms-excel
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
6.11339
OnLine resource
Status of benthic habitats (soft substrates). Gert Van Hoey, Annelies De Backer ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download the dataset in Excel: Status of benthic habitats (soft substrates). Gert Van Hoey, Annelies De Backer

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
application/vnd.ms-excel
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.797172
OnLine resource
Occurence of important benthic species. Gert Van Hoey ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download the dataset in Excel: Occurence of important benthic species. Gert Van Hoey

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
application/vnd.ms-excel
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.192308
OnLine resource
Study of the fauna associated with cobble fields. Ilse De Mesel, Francis Kerckhof, Danae Kapasakali ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download the dataset in Excel: Study of the fauna associated with cobble fields. Ilse De Mesel, Francis Kerckhof, Danae Kapasakali

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

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.
File identifier
bmdc.be:dataset:2026 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-07T15:12:25.389Z
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) D6C5 - Benthic habitat condition
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 biological monitoring marine monitoring sea bed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Habitats and biotopes
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
Directive 2008/56/EC
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
National
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
Sea-floor integrity supports ecosystem
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
Environment

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