RBINS metadata catalog
Biological Valuation Map of the Belgian Part of the North Sea
The biological valuation map (BVM) of the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS) is a map describing the biological value of the seafloor from 1 to 5, 5 being very high, 4 high, 3 medium, 2 low, 1 very low. The classification is based on the overlap of several layers of information which includes an updated distribution map of the gravel beds, an habitat suitability map of Lanice conchilega, 5 habitat suitability maps of the 5 macrobenthic communities of the BPNS and a large dataset of macrobenthos, epibenthos and demersal fish samples (1994-2018).
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- Date (Creation)
- 2022-04-04T11:03:51+02:00
- Date (Revision)
- 2022-04-04T15:39:54+02:00
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-12-03T16:08:26.856+01:00
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-05-19
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2686
- Identifier
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bmdc.be:dataset:2686
Belgian Marine Data Centre
- Other citation details
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This dataset is composed of the following sources: Silvia Paoletti, Steven Degraer (n.d.). Biological valuation map 200x200m_RBINS_2021.
- Theme
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Biological valuation map
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Gravel beds
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Lanice conchilega reefs
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Macrobenthos communities
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Biological indicators
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- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Data is publicly available
- Use limitation
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Citation and reference to the report: Pecceu Ellen & Paoletti Silvia, Van Hoey Gert, Vanelslander Bart, Verlé Katrien, Degraer Steven, Van Lancker Vera, Hostens Kris, Polet Hans, 2021. Scientific background report in preparation of fisheries measures to protect the bottom integrity and the different habitats within the Belgian part of the North Sea. ILVO-Mededeling 277
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Distance
- 200.0 http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/ULAA/
- Metadata language
- English
- Topic category
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- Oceans
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- gml32:beginPosition
- 1994-01-01
- gml32:endPosition
- 2018-12-01
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / 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/xml
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Unknown
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Distributor
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application/xml
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.22797
- OnLine resource
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od_nature:Biological_valuation_map_RBINS_2021
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OGC:WMS
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A WMS service to view a map
- OnLine resource
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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The information were compiled following the protocol described in Derous et al. 2007 and were based on the analysis of several parameters of biological value including richness, density, biomass, rare species, key species that were aiming at being indicators of rarity, aggregation, fitness consequences, naturalness, and proportional importance. The data were analyzed following a series of assessment questions.
- File identifier
- bmdc.be:dataset:2686 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-12-03T16:08:26.856+01:00
- 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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