RBINS metadata catalog
Benthic habitat condition dataset in support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 6 (D06C05, 2018 Reporting)
This dataset is part of the 2018 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 6, criterion 5. It comprises three datasets used to assess the sea floor integrity for ensuring a proper functioning of the ecosystem.The dataset on the study of the fauna associated with cobble fields (hard substrates) describes the gravel analysis performed in the Belgian part of the North Sea between 2015 and 2017. Information on the location, date and procedure used for the sediment sampling is provided as well as the description of species found in the samples.The occurrence of important benthic species. The status of benthic habitats (soft substrates).
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 2018-09-07
- Date (Revision)
- 2021-12-08
- Date (Publication)
- 2026-01-27
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-05-19
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2026
- Identifier
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http://metadata.naturalsciences.be
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bmdc.be:dataset:2026
Belgian Marine Data Centre
- Other citation details
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This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Gert Van Hoey (2018). Occurence of important benthic species. (2) Gert Van Hoey, Annelies De Backer (2018). Status of benthic habitats (soft substrates). (3) Ilse De Mesel, Francis Kerckhof, Danae Kapasakali (2018). Study of the fauna associated with cobble fields. (4) GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2026 (MSFD).
- Keywords
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- Oceanographic geographical features
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Federal government
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Reporting INSPIRE
- 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
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No conditions apply to use.
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Metadata language
- English
- Topic category
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- Oceans
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- gml32:beginPosition
- 2012-01-01
- gml32:endPosition
- 2016-12-31
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
- Distribution format
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application/xml
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Unknown
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application/vnd.ms-excel
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Unknown
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application/xml
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Unknown
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Distributor
- Name
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application/xml
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.063707
- OnLine resource
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rbins:xy20181012_1224411021556083_benthic_species
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OGC:WMS
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A WMS service to view a map
Distributor
- Name
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application/xml
- Version
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Unknown
- OnLine resource
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rbins:xy20181012_1224411021556083_benthic_species
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OGC:WFS
)
A WFS service to download
Distributor
- Name
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application/vnd.ms-excel
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 6.11339
- OnLine resource
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Status of benthic habitats (soft substrates). Gert Van Hoey, Annelies De Backer
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WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
)
An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel
Distributor
- Name
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application/vnd.ms-excel
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.797172
- OnLine resource
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Occurence of important benthic species. Gert Van Hoey
(
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
)
An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel
Distributor
- Name
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application/vnd.ms-excel
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.192308
- OnLine resource
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Study of the fauna associated with cobble fields. Ilse De Mesel, Francis Kerckhof, Danae Kapasakali
(
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
)
An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel
- OnLine resource
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
- Pass
- Yes
- Statement
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Data on cobble fields benthic species are gathered by MARECO, those on soft substrate and important benthic species by ILVO, and are presented to BMDC as excel files. The headers of the excel files are normalized and quality managed as Common-Layout files, and are awaiting import into IDOD.
- File identifier
- bmdc.be:dataset:2026 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-01-27T16:12:40.542Z
- Metadata standard name
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Geographic information -- Metadata
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
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