Population demographic characteristics dataset in support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 1 (D01C03, 2018 Reporting)

This dataset is part of the 2018 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 1, criterion 3. 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.

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Date (Creation)
2018-09-07
Date (Revision)
2021-12-08
Date (Publication)
2025-10-30
Identifier
http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:2036

Date

Other citation details
Please cite as follows: 1) GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2036 (MSFD). 2) Eric Stienen, Wouter Courtens (2018). Occurence of breeding seabirds.
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
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
Publisher
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Owner
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Keywords
Eionet Central Data Repository
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
European Legislation Identifier
Marine Regions
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
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_1228250807476078_broedvogels ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map of: GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2036 (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_1228250807476078_broedvogels ( OGC:WFS )

A WFS service to download: GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2036 (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
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

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, 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:2036 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-10-30T17:12:36.043+01:00
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) D1C3 - Population demographic characteristics
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 animal population marine monitoring
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
Biological diversity maintained
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
Population and society

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