bmdc.be:dataset:2925 English UTF-8 Dataset Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien bmdc@naturalsciences.be https://www.bmdc.be http Point of contact 2026-09-15T15:30:22.652Z Geographic information -- Metadata ISO 19115:2003/19139 http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258 Phytoplankton and zooplankton communities, biomass, abundance and diversity dataset supporting the 2024 Belgian MSFD assessment of D1C6 2025-02-13 Creation 2026-09-14 Revision 2026-09-15 Publication Digital Object Identifier 2016-05-19 https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2925 https://obis.org/dataset/afa5b0e8-826d-4433-b698-beb176ef7880 Belgian Marine Data Centre bmdc.be:dataset:2925 http://metadata.naturalsciences.be This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Isabelle Rombouts and Klaas Deneudt (n.d.). Changes in phytoplankton and zooplankton communities (PH1) Report MSFD 2024. (2) Isabelle Rombouts, Karien de Cauwer, Xavier Desmit, Nathan Terseleer Lillo, Dimitry Van der Zande, Klaas Deneudt (n.d.). Changes in phytoplankton biomass and zooplankton abundance Report MSFD 2024. (3) Isabelle Rombouts and Klaas Deneudt (n.d.). Changes in plankton diversity (PH3) Report MSFD 2024. (4) Rune Lagaisse, Jonas Mortelmans, Julie Muyle, Luz Amadei Martinez, Klaas Deneudt (n.d.). LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by FlowCam imaging in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. (5) Jonas Mortelmans (n.d.). LifeWatch observatory data: zooplankton observations by imaging (ZooScan) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. This dataset is part of the 2024 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 1, criterion 6. This dataset reports on phytoplankton and zooplankton communities in the Belgian part of the North Sea (BPNS), including community composition, diversity, biomass and abundance, as an indicator of pelagic habitat condition. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien bmdc@naturalsciences.be https://www.bmdc.be http Custodian Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN) Natur) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien info@naturalsciences.be https://www.naturalsciences.be http Owner Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN) Natur) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien info@naturalsciences.be https://www.naturalsciences.be http Publisher https://metadata.naturalsciences.be/geonetwork/images/harvesting/MSFD-logo.jpg large_thumbnail jpg Oceanographic geographical features Federal government Federal government Federale Overheid Gouvernement Fédéral Bundesregierung Reporting INSPIRE Reporting INSPIRE Reporting INSPIRE Reporting INSPIRE Reporting INSPIRE Oceanographic geographical features Ozeanografisch-geografische Kennwerte Oceanographic geographical features Caractéristiques géographiques océanographiques Oceanografische geografische kenmerken Theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 Publication 1.0 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) Theme European Legislation Identifier Belgian part of the North Sea Greater North Sea, incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel Place Marine Regions 2018-02-21 Publication 10 marine monitoring Marine Strategy Framework Directive Theme GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1 2021-06-01 Publication 4.2.1 Directive 2008/56/EC Theme INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets 2018-04-04 Publication Oceanographic Geographical Features Theme INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts 2013-03-25 Publication Biological diversity maintained Theme NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0 2017-02-25 Publication 3.0 Environment Theme Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium 2019-01-31 Publication National National Nationales Nationaal National Theme INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope 2019-05-22 Publication Earth observation and environment Theme High-value dataset categories 2023-09-05 Publication (Criteria) D1C6 - Pelagic habitat condition Theme Eionet Central Data Repository 2018-06-15 Publication Other restrictions No conditions apply to access and use https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Other restrictions No limitations on public access. No limitations on public access. Geen beperkingen op openbare toegang. Pas de restrictions concernant l'accès public. Öffentliche Zugang nicht beschränkt. No conditions apply to use. No conditions apply to use. Geen voorwaarden in verband met gebruik. Aucune condition ne s'applique à l'utilisation. Es gelten keine Bedingungen zum Nutzung. 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Jonas Mortelmans An HTTP link to download this dataset in CSV Download https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2925 DOI Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Dataset COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services Verordening (EU) n r. 1089/2010 van de Commissie van 23 november 2010 ter uitvoering van Richtlijn 2007/2/EG van het Europees Parlement en de Raad betreffende de interoperabiliteit van verzamelingen ruimtelijke gegevens en van diensten met betrekking tot ruimtelijke gegevens Règlement (UE) N° 1089/2010 de la Commission du 23 novembre 2010 portant modalités d'application de la directive 2007/2/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil en ce qui concerne l'interopérabilité des séries et des services de données géographiques Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1089/2010 der Kommission vom 23. November 2010 zur Durchführung der Richtlinie 2007/2/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates hinsichtlich der Interoperabilität von Geodatensätzen und -diensten 2010-12-08 Publication See the referenced specification See the referenced specification Zie de gerefereerde specificatie Voir la spécification référencée Siehe die angegebene Spezifikation true Phytoplankton images are processed with a FlowCAM system and semi-automatically classified with the VisualSpreadsheet software at genus/species level; zooplankton images are processed with a ZooScan system and classified with ZooProcess software into a validated set of taxonomic groups. In both cases, automated classification is manually validated by an experienced taxonomist at the VLIZ Marine Observation Center. Monitoring is carried out within the VLIZ LifeWatch marine biodiversity observatory in the Belgian part of the North Sea, organised by the VLIZ Data Centre; data contribute to EurOBIS and EMODnet Biology. As of 2020, continuation of this monitoring was dependent on continued funding from 2021 onward. Phytoplankton: 55µm mesh Apstein net (surface deployment); Zooplankton: 200µm mesh WP2 plankton net (57cm diameter), vertical haul from bottom to surface. Phytoplankton imaged on a FlowCAM VS-4 (4X magnification, FC300 flow cell, 1.7mL/min) and classified with VisualSpreadsheet software; zooplankton imaged with a ZooScan system and classified with ZooProcess software; both manually validated by an experienced taxonomist.