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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
http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:2036

Belgian Marine Data Centre

Other citation details

Please cite as follows: 1) GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2036 (MSFD). 2) Eric Stienen, Wouter Courtens (2018). Occurence of breeding seabirds.

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.bmdc.be
Publisher
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Author
  Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek / Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Herman Teirlinckgebouw, Havenlaan 88 bus 73, 1000 Brussel, Belgium ,
http://www.inbo.be
Owner
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.naturalsciences.be
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Sea regions
Keywords
  • Sea regions
  • Federal government

  • Reporting INSPIRE

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
  • animal population
  • marine monitoring
  • Marine Strategy Framework Directive
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
  • Directive 2008/56/EC
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
  • Biological diversity maintained
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
  • National
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
  • Population and society
Eionet Central Data Repository
  • (Criteria) D1C3 - Population demographic characteristics
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
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • 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
  • application/xml ( Unknown )

  • application/vnd.ms-excel ( Unknown )

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.bmdc.be
Name

application/xml

Version

Unknown

Transfer size
0.063707
OnLine resource
rbins:xy20181012_1228250807476078_broedvogels ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map of: GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2036 (MSFD)

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.bmdc.be
Name

application/xml

Version

Unknown

OnLine resource
rbins:xy20181012_1228250807476078_broedvogels ( OGC:WFS )

A WFS service to download: GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2036 (MSFD)

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.bmdc.be
Name

application/vnd.ms-excel

Version

Unknown

Transfer size
0.038193
OnLine resource
Occurence of breeding seabirds. Eric Stienen, Wouter Courtens ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

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

See the referenced specification

Pass
Yes
Statement

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

Geographic information -- Metadata

Metadata standard version

ISO 19115:2003/19139

Point of contact
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.bmdc.be
 
 

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Keywords

Eionet Central Data Repository
(Criteria) D1C3 - Population demographic characteristics
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 animal population marine monitoring
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Sea regions
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
Directive 2008/56/EC
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
National
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
Biological diversity maintained
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
Population and society

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