Microlitter in the water column and in sediment dataset supporting the 2024 Belgian MSFD assessment of D10C2

This dataset is part of the 2024 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 10, criterion 2. This dataset presents data on microplastics in seabed sediment along a coastal-offshore transect in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS) in 2020, during 2 cruises on board the RV Belgica. Samples were collected using a Reineck box corer or a Van Veen grab, and the top 5cm was collected for analysis. The samples were preserved and analyzed in the laboratory. This dataset also presents data on microplastics in seawater along the same coastal-offshore transect in the BPNS in 2020-2021, during 3 cruises on board the RV Belgica. Subsurface seawater was collected through the vessel's continuous seawater inlet located below the surface (-3m). The samples were preserved and analyzed in the laboratory.

Datum (creatie) Date (Création) Date (Creation) Datum (Erstellung): 2025-02-13

Datum (revisie) Date (Révision) Date (Revision) Datum (Überarbeitung): 2026-09-14

Datum (publicatie) Date (Publication) Date (Publication) Datum (Publikation): 2026-09-15

Datum (creatie) Date (Création) Date (Creation) Datum (Erstellung): 2016-05-19

Unique resource identifier: https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2937

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Other citation details: This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Coline De Schrijver, Gert Everaert, Karien De Cauwer (n.d.). Microlitter in seabed sediment Report MSFD 2024. (2) Coline De Schrijver, Karien De Cauwer (n.d.). Microlitter in seawater (2020). (3) Coline De Schrijver, Karien De Cauwer (n.d.). Microlitter in seawater (2021). (4) Coline De Schrijver, Gert Everaert, Karien De Cauwer (n.d.). Microlitter in seawater Report MSFD 2024. (5) Coline De Schrijver, Karien De Cauwer (n.d.). Microlitter on the seafloor.

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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

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Keywords

Oceanographic geographical features
Federal government

Federale Overheid

Gouvernement Fédéral

Bundesregierung
Reporting INSPIRE

Reporting INSPIRE

Reporting INSPIRE

Reporting INSPIRE

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Ozeanografisch-geografische Kennwerte

Oceanographic geographical features

Caractéristiques géographiques océanographiques

Oceanografische geografische kenmerken

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

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1

INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets

Directive 2008/56/EC

Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium

Environment

NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0

Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm

INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope

National

Nationales

Nationaal

National

INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts

Oceanographic Geographical Features

High-value dataset categories

Earth observation and environment

Eionet Central Data Repository

(Criteria) D10C2 - Micro-litter

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Geen voorwaarden in verband met gebruik.

Aucune condition ne s'applique à l'utilisation.

Es gelten keine Bedingungen zum Nutzung.

Veiligheidsrestricties Restrictions de manipulation Classification Sicherheitseinstufung: vrij toegankelijk

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Unbeschränkt

Ruimtelijk schema Type de représentation spatiale Spatial representation type Räumliche Darstellungsart: tekstTabel

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Text, Tabelle

Taal Langue Metadata language Sprache: English

Onderwerp Catégorie ISO Topic category Thematik

oceanen

Océans

Oceans

Meere

gml32:beginPosition: 2020-01-01

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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

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Datum (publicatie) Date (Publication) Date (Publication) Datum (Publikation): 2010-12-08

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Statement: The samples were collected during a regular monitoring campaign along a coastal-offshore transect. For sediment: microlitter samples were collected in triplicate using either a Reineck box corer or a Van Veen grab, taking the top 5cm; on board, samples were stored in glass jars at -20°C until processed, then underwent digestion, density separation and filtration onto glass fibre filters for visual observation under a stereomicroscope, with a subset analyzed by µFTIR for QC and chemical identification. For seawater: subsurface seawater was collected through the vessel's continuous seawater inlet (-3m), filtered on board on a 100µm sieve and stored in glass bottles at -20°C until processed, then filtered on glass fibre filters for visual observation under a stereomicroscope, with a subset analyzed by µFTIR for QC and chemical identification. In both cases, measures against contamination were taken at all steps and negative controls were run alongside samples to calculate the limit of detection (LOD). Data collection started in 2020. Sediment: Reineck box corer or Van Veen grab; Seawater: vessel continuous seawater inlet (-3m) with 100µm sieve. Stereomicroscope for visual particle observation; µFTIR imaging for chemical identification and QC of particles.