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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.

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Date (Création)
2025-02-13
Date (Révision)
2026-09-14
Date (Publication)
2026-09-15
Date (Création)
2016-05-19
Code
https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2937
Identificateur
http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:2937

Date

Autres informations de référence
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.
Gestionnaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
Propriétaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Editeur (publication)
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Mots clés
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Gouvernement Fédéral
  • Reporting INSPIRE
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Caractéristiques géographiques océanographiques
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
  • Belgian part of the North Sea
  • Greater North Sea, incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
  • marine monitoring
  • Marine Strategy Framework Directive
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
  • Nationaal
INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts
  • Oceanographic Geographical Features
High-value dataset categories
  • Earth observation and environment
Eionet Central Data Repository
  • (Criteria) D10C2 - Micro-litter
Contraintes d'utilisation
Autres restrictions
Autres contraintes
No conditions apply to access and use
Autres contraintes
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Contraintes d'accès
Autres restrictions
Autres contraintes
Pas de restrictions concernant l'accès public.
Limitation d'utilisation
Aucune condition ne s'applique à l'utilisation.
Restrictions de manipulation
Non classifié
Type de représentation spatiale
Tabulaire
Langue
English
Catégorie ISO
  • Océans
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gml32:beginPosition
2020-01-01
Nom du système de référence
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
Format (encodage)
  • application/vnd.ms-excel ( Unknown )

Distributeur

Gestionnaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
Version
Unknown
Taille de transfert
0.655719
Ressource en ligne
Microlitter in seabed sediment Report MSFD 2024. Coline De Schrijver, Gert Everaert, Karien De Cauwer ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An HTTP link to view information

Distributeur

Gestionnaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
Version
Unknown
Taille de transfert
0.495116
Ressource en ligne
Microlitter in seawater Report MSFD 2024. Coline De Schrijver, Gert Everaert, Karien De Cauwer ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An HTTP link to view information

Distributeur

Gestionnaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
Nom
application/vnd.ms-excel
Version
Unknown
Taille de transfert
0.219326
Ressource en ligne
Microlitter on the seafloor. Coline De Schrijver, Karien De Cauwer ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel

Distributeur

Gestionnaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
Nom
application/vnd.ms-excel
Version
Unknown
Taille de transfert
0.255549
Ressource en ligne
Microlitter in seawater (2020). Coline De Schrijver, Karien De Cauwer ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel

Distributeur

Gestionnaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
Nom
application/vnd.ms-excel
Version
Unknown
Taille de transfert
0.476434
Ressource en ligne
Microlitter in seawater (2021). Coline De Schrijver, Karien De Cauwer ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel

Ressource en ligne
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )
Niveau
Jeu de données

Résultat de conformité

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explication
Voir la spécification référencée
Degré de conformité
Oui
Généralités sur la provenance
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.
Identifiant de la fiche
bmdc.be:dataset:2937 XML
Langue
English
Jeu de caractères
Utf8
Type de ressource
Jeu de données
Date des métadonnées
2026-09-15T15:30:32.641Z
Nom du standard de métadonnées
Geographic information -- Metadata
Version du standard de métadonnées
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Point de contact
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
 
 

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Mots clés

Eionet Central Data Repository
(Criteria) D10C2 - Micro-litter
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
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Caractéristiques géographiques océanographiques
High-value dataset categories
Earth observation and environment
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
Directive 2008/56/EC
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
Nationaal
INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts
Oceanographic Geographical Features
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
Environment

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