geo.be Metadata Catalog
Oiled Guillemots dataset supporting the 2024 Belgian MSFD assessment of D8C4
This dataset is part of the 2024 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 8, criterion 4. This dataset reports the proportion of oiled Common Guillemots (Uria aalge) among stranded seabirds along the Belgian coast, as an indicator of acute oil pollution (environmental target: average proportion of oiled guillemots below 10% of the total found dead or dying on the beaches).
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 2025-02-13
- Date (Revision)
- 2026-09-14
- Date (Publication)
- 2026-09-16
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-05-19
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2934
- Identifier
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http://metadata.naturalsciences.be
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bmdc.be:dataset:2934
- Date
- Other citation details
- This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Eric Stienen, Marc Van de walle (n.d.). Number of oiled Guillemots on Belgian beaches (winter 1961/1962 - winter 2021/2022). (2) Eric Stienen, Marc Van De Walle (n.d.). Oiled Guillemots Report MSFD 2024.
Custodian
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
https://www.bmdc.be
https://www.bmdc.be
- Keywords
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- Oceanographic geographical features
- Reporting INSPIRE
- Federal government
- 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
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- Oceans
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- gml32:beginPosition
- 2020-01-01
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
- Distribution format
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application/vnd.ms-excel
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Unknown
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application/vnd.ms-excel
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Unknown
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Distributor
Custodian
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
https://www.bmdc.be
https://www.bmdc.be
- Version
- Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.262312
- OnLine resource
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Oiled Guillemots Report MSFD 2024. Eric Stienen, Marc Van De Walle
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)
An HTTP link to view information
Distributor
Custodian
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
https://www.bmdc.be
https://www.bmdc.be
- Name
- application/vnd.ms-excel
- Version
- Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.02538
- OnLine resource
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Number of oiled Guillemots on Belgian beaches (winter 1961/1962 - winter 2021/2022). Eric Stienen, Marc Van de walle
(
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
)
An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel
- 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
- Each month during winter (October-March), Belgian beaches are searched for stranded seabirds; species, age, decomposition rate and presence of oil are recorded, following OSPAR EcoQO standards. Monitoring is carried out by INBO under the OSPAR Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme, since 1962 (yearly counts), with monthly counts since 1992. In-situ beach surveys (land/beach), monthly during winter. Visual assessment of oiling status of stranded Guillemots; calculation of % oiled among stranded individuals per OSPAR EcoQO standards.
- File identifier
- bmdc.be:dataset:2934 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-09-16T15:30:20.245Z
- Metadata standard name
- Geographic information -- Metadata
- Metadata standard version
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
Overviews
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Spatial extent
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Associated resources
Not available