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Long-Term Monitoring Data of Offshore Wind Farms in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (2005-2023)

This dataset presents findings from environmental impact assessments conducted from 2005 to 2023 in different OWFs of the BPNS. Samples were collected by means of Van Veen grab of 0.1m². Some samples belonging to the monitoring of one turbine (D5) in C-Power were collected by divers a differents distances (1, 7, 15, 25, 50, 100, 200 m) from the scour protection layer in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Subsamples of each Van Veen were taken for grain size analysis, and total organic matter content analysis. The remaining part of the Van Veen were sieved over a 1 mm sieve on board and stored in a 4% formaldehyde-seawater solution. In the laboratory, the samples were stained with 1% Rose Bengal, and rinsed over a 1 mm sieve. The organisms were counted and identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level (generally: species level). The organisms were also weighted using the ash-free dry weight (2005 to 2013) and the blotted wet weight (2014 onwards). The samples were then stored in a 4% buffered formaldehyde solution".

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Date (Creation)
2024-09-09T15:35:57+02:00
Date (Revision)
2024-09-10T13:32:18+02:00
Date (Publication)
2025-12-03T16:08:29.976+01:00
Date (Creation)
2016-05-19
Unique resource identifier
https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2880
Identifier
bmdc.be:dataset:2880

Belgian Marine Data Centre

Other citation details

This dataset is composed of the following sources: Christelle Jammar, Ulrike Braeckman (n.d.). Long-Term Monitoring Data of Offshore Wind Farms in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (2005-2023).

Owner
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.naturalsciences.be
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
Author
  Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent University
Krijgslaan 281 S8, 9000 Gent, Belgium ,
https://www.marinebiology.ugent.be/
Publisher
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Theme
  • seabed sediments

  • offshore wind farm

  • Macrobenthos communities

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.3
  • marine ecology
Marine Regions
  • Belgian part of the North Sea
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
  • sea bed
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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No limitations on public access.

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No conditions apply to use.

Classification
Unclassified
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Extent type code
Yes
Date
Unique resource identifier
North Sea
gml32:beginPosition
2005-01-01
gml32:endPosition
2023-12-31
Reference system identifier
EPSG / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
Distribution format
  • application/vnd.ms-excel ( Unknown )

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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
9.46681
OnLine resource
Long-Term Monitoring Data of Offshore Wind Farms in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (2005-2023). Christelle Jammar, Ulrike Braeckman ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

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Dataset
File identifier
bmdc.be:dataset:2880 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-12-03T16:08:29.976+01:00
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

Macrobenthos communities offshore wind farm seabed sediments
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
sea bed
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.3
marine ecology

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