bmdc.be:dataset:2937 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 2026-09-15T15:30:32.641Z Geographic information -- Metadata ISO 19115:2003/19139 http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258 Microlitter in the water column and in sediment dataset supporting the 2024 Belgian MSFD assessment of D10C2 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:2937 Belgian Marine Data Centre bmdc.be:dataset:2937 http://metadata.naturalsciences.be 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. 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. 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 Environment Theme Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium 2019-01-31 Publication Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm Theme NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0 2017-02-25 Publication 3.0 National National Nationales Nationaal National Theme INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope 2019-05-22 Publication Oceanographic Geographical Features Theme INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts 2013-03-25 Publication Earth observation and environment Theme High-value dataset categories 2023-09-05 Publication (Criteria) D10C2 - Micro-litter 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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Coline De Schrijver, Gert Everaert, Karien De Cauwer An HTTP link to view information Information 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 application/vnd.ms-excel Unknown 0.219326 https://www.bmdc.be/NODC/ditsAttach/datasource/7734/DATA_ANS-BE-ML-SED-2024_Data_Microlitter_2020_Sediment.xlsx WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Microlitter on the seafloor. Coline De Schrijver, Karien De Cauwer An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel Download 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 application/vnd.ms-excel Unknown 0.255549 https://www.bmdc.be/NODC/ditsAttach/datasource/7735/DATA_ANS-BE-ML-WAT-2024_Data_Microlitter_2020_Water.xlsx WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Microlitter in seawater (2020). Coline De Schrijver, Karien De Cauwer An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel Download 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 application/vnd.ms-excel Unknown 0.476434 https://www.bmdc.be/NODC/ditsAttach/datasource/7736/DATA_ANS-BE-ML-WAT-2024_Data_Microlitter_2021_Water.xlsx WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Microlitter in seawater (2021). Coline De Schrijver, Karien De Cauwer An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel Download https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2937 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 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.