bmdc.be:dataset:2400 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 2026-04-07T15:29:43.728Z Geographic information -- Metadata ISO 19115:2003/19139 http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258 EPSG 4DEMON: 4 decades of metals and PCBs concentrations in sediment at the Belgian Part of the North Sea 2020-07-13T11:39:46Z Creation 2020-07-14T12:26:57Z Revision 2026-04-07T15:29:43.728Z Publication Digital Object Identifier 2016-05-19 https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2400 Belgian Marine Data Centre bmdc.be:dataset:2400 This dataset is composed of the following sources: H.M. LE, R. Lagring, K. Bekaert, A. Ruttens, M. Adam, K. De Cauwer, B. De Witte (2020). 4DEMON final dataset: Contaminants concentrations: heavy metals and PCBs in sediment. Assessment of historical data is important for understanding long-term changes in the quality of the marine environment. Within the 4Demon-project, 40 years of historical monitoring and research data on PCBs and metals in sediment in the Belgian part of the North Sea was compiled and quality checked within this dataset to support studies on normalization and long time trends modelling. 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 Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), 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 http://www.bmdc.be http Author Animal Sciences unit, Chemical Monitoring and Product Technology (EV-ILVO) Ankerstraat 1, 8400 Oostende, Belgium http://www.ilvo.vlaanderen.be/ http Author Sciensano Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14, 1050 Elsene, Brussels, Belgium https://www.sciensano.be http Author 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 Oceanographic geographical features marine data Theme 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 pollution monitoring Umweltmonitoring pollution monitoring surveillance de la pollution bemonstering milieuverontreiniging marine sediment Meeressediment marine sediment sédiment marin afzetting in zee marine monitoring Meeresüberwachung marine monitoring surveillance du milieu marin controle van de zee environmental monitoring Umweltüberwachung environmental monitoring surveillance de l'environnement milieubewaking Theme GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1 2021-06-01 Publication 4.2.1 Belgian part of the North Sea Place Marine Regions 2018-02-21 Publication 10 (Criteria) D8C1 - Contaminant in environment Theme Eionet Central Data Repository 2018-06-15 Publication Other restrictions https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Other restrictions No limitations on public access. 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Unclassified Text table English oceans true 2.24642 3.36315 51.0941 51.83082 true Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ) Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone 1971-01-01 2015-12-31 text/csv Unknown 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 text/csv Unknown 5.985544 https://www.bmdc.be/NODC/ditsAttach/datasource/6855/20200713_1007454DEMON_HeavyMetals_PCBs_in_sediment.csv WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download 4DEMON final dataset: Contaminants concentrations: heavy metals and PCBs in sediment. H.M. LE, R. Lagring, K. Bekaert, A. Ruttens, M. Adam, K. De Cauwer, B. De Witte An HTTP link to download this dataset in CSV Download https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2400 DOI Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Dataset Processed dataset aggregating contaminants concentrations of 5 historical and current monitoring and research projects from the seventies to 2015. Only data of metals and PCBs from samples collected in the Belgian Part of the North Sea zone and sampled with a Van Veen grap gear is compiled. Historical analytical methods and stations locations have been checked for correctness. Values have been screened and outliers and out ranged values are flagged. Duplicates records have been discarded.