Abundance across trophic guilds dataset in support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 4 (D04C02, 2018 Reporting)

This dataset is part of the 2018 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 4, criterion 2. Three distinct datasets are published for this criterion.'Occurrence of breeding seabirds' describes the observation of eight seabird species (Common tern, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Common Gull, Small Black-backed Gull, Yellow-legged gull, Big Stern and Little Stern) on the Belgian coast between 1992 and 2015. 'Density of seabirds' describes the density of seabirds (N birds/km) observed at large in the Belgian part of the North Sea between 1987 and 2016 (three surveys a year). Thirteen species are monitored and the evolution of each species density is shown as diagrams.'Occurrence of important benthic species' describes the results of Van Veen sampling campaigns performed between 2009 and 2014 in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Benthic species are counted and identified (e.g. Annelida, Echinodermata,..).

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Date (Creation)
2018-09-07
Date (Revision)
2021-12-08
Date (Publication)
2025-05-08
Identifier
http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:2011

Date

Other citation details
Please cite as follows: 1) Eric Stienen, Nicolas Vanermen (2018). Density of seabirds. 2) Els Torreele, Loes Vandecasteele (n.d.). GIS layer for Raja Clavata occurence in the North Sea (Belgian cruises) (MSFD).3) Eric Stienen, Wouter Courtens (2018). Occurence of breeding seabirds.4) Gert Van Hoey (2018). Occurence of important benthic species.5) Els Torreele, Loes Vandecasteele (2018). Occurence of thornback ray (Raja clavata).
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/
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
Author
  Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek / Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Herman Teirlinckgebouw, Havenlaan 88 bus 73, 1000 Brussel, Belgium ,
http://www.inbo.be
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Keywords
European Legislation Identifier
Marine Regions
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
Eionet Central Data Repository
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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Extent type code
Yes
Date
Unique resource identifier
North Sea
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
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application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.205323
OnLine resource
MSFD:D1C2_D4C2_Raja_Clavata_Occurence_2010_2015 ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map of: GIS layer for Raja Clavata occurence in the North Sea (Belgian cruises) (MSFD). Els Torreele, Loes Vandecasteele

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
0.102443
OnLine resource
MSFD:D1C2_D4C2_Raja_Clavata_Occurence_2010_2015 ( OGC:WFS )

A WFS service to download: GIS layer for Raja Clavata occurence in the North Sea (Belgian cruises) (MSFD). Els Torreele, Loes Vandecasteele

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
0.038193
OnLine resource
Occurence of breeding seabirds. Eric Stienen, Wouter Courtens ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download the dataset in Excel: Occurence of breeding seabirds. Eric Stienen, Wouter Courtens

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
1.599177
OnLine resource
Density of seabirds. Eric Stienen, Nicolas Vanermen ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download the dataset in Excel: Density of seabirds. Eric Stienen, Nicolas Vanermen

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
0.209783
OnLine resource
Occurence of thornback ray (Raja clavata). Els Torreele, Loes Vandecasteele ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download the dataset in Excel: Occurence of thornback ray (Raja clavata). Els Torreele, Loes Vandecasteele

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

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
Yes
Statement
Data on breeding sea birds are gathered by INBO, those on Raja clavata and 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:2011 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-08T15:12:20.786Z
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) D4C2 - Abundance across trophic guilds
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 trophic level
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Sea regions
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
Directive 2008/56/EC
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
National
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
Marine food webs are at normal abundance and diversity
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
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