Population demographic characteristics dataset in support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 1 (D01C03, 2018 Reporting)
This dataset is part of the 2018 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 1, criterion 3. Occurrence of breeding seabirds describes the observation of eight seabird species (Common tern, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Common Gull, Small Black-backed Gull, Yellow-legged gull, Big Stern and Little Stern) on the Belgian coast between 1992 and 2015.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2018-09-07
- Date (Revision)
- 2021-12-08
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-08-08
- Identifier
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http://metadata.naturalsciences.be
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bmdc.be:dataset:2036
Belgian Marine Data Centre
- Other citation details
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Please cite as follows: 1) GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2036 (MSFD). 2) Eric Stienen, Wouter Courtens (2018). Occurence of breeding seabirds.
- Keywords
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- Sea regions
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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
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application/xml
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.063707
- OnLine resource
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rbins:xy20181012_1228250807476078_broedvogels
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OGC:WMS
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A WMS service to view a map of: GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2036 (MSFD)
Distributor
- Name
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application/xml
- Version
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Unknown
- OnLine resource
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rbins:xy20181012_1228250807476078_broedvogels
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OGC:WFS
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A WFS service to download: GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2036 (MSFD)
Distributor
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application/vnd.ms-excel
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.038193
- OnLine resource
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Occurence of breeding seabirds. Eric Stienen, Wouter Courtens
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WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
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An HTTP link to download the dataset in Excel: Occurence of breeding seabirds. Eric Stienen, Wouter Courtens
- 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 breeding sea birds are gathered by INBO, 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:2036 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-08-08T15:12:36.714Z
- 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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