Seafloor habitats (EUNIS and Natura2000)

The dataset describes the physical habitats in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. It uses the EUNIS classification system as well as the MSFD Habitat codelist for the description and classification of the BPNS. It provides also information on the energy, biozone and type of substrate for the different areas in the BPNS.

Date (Creation): 2021-11-18

Date (Revision): 2026-06-08

Date (Publication): 2026-10-15

Title: Digital Object Identifier

Date (Creation): 2016-05-19

Code: https://doi.org/10.24417/83bdcd87-e4ea-4a76-ab98-ff9f45e529f5

Citation identifier: http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / 83bdcd87-e4ea-4a76-ab98-ff9f45e529f5
Belgian Marine Data Centre

Other citation details: This dataset is composed of the following sources: V. Van Lancker (n.d.). Seafloor habitats in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (EUNIS and Natura2000).

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)	bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)	info@naturalsciences.be	Owner
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)	info@naturalsciences.be	Publisher
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Ecosystems data processing and modelling (ECODAM)	ecodam@lists.naturalsciences.be	Author

Theme

Federal government
Reporting INSPIRE
Marine essentials

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes

Marine Regions

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1

marine geology

Belgian Federal Thesaurus

INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope

National

INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets

Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium

Environment

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

Language: English

Topic category

Environment
Oceans

Extent type code: Yes

Title: Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)

Date

Code: North Sea

gml32:beginPosition: 2014-01-01

Reference system identifier: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258

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Name	Version
application/xml	Unknown

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Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
OGC:WMS	https://spatial.naturalsciences.be/geoserver/od_nature/ows?version=1.3.0&service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities	od_nature:Habitat_BPNS_Seafloor

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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application/xml	Unknown

Transfer size: 0.118748

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
OGC:WFS	https://spatial.naturalsciences.be/geoserver/od_nature/ows?version=2.0.0&service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities	od_nature:Habitat_BPNS_Seafloor

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
DOI	https://doi.org/10.24417/83bdcd87-e4ea-4a76-ab98-ff9f45e529f5	Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: 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

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: Yes

Statement: The dataset is a subset of the EUSeaMap produced for the project EMODnet seabed habitats.

Metadata

File identifier: 83bdcd87-e4ea-4a76-ab98-ff9f45e529f5 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-10-15T15:36:10.724Z

Metadata standard name: Geographic information -- Metadata

Metadata standard version: ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Point of contact

Other language

Language	Character encoding
Dutch; Flemish
French
English
German

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