Oiled Guillemots dataset supporting the 2024 Belgian MSFD assessment of D8C4

This dataset is part of the 2024 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 8, criterion 4. This dataset reports the proportion of oiled Common Guillemots (Uria aalge) among stranded seabirds along the Belgian coast, as an indicator of acute oil pollution (environmental target: average proportion of oiled guillemots below 10% of the total found dead or dying on the beaches).

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Date (Creation)
2025-02-13
Date (Revision)
2026-09-14
Date (Publication)
2026-09-21
Date (Creation)
2016-05-19
Unique resource identifier
https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2934
Identifier
http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:2934

Belgian Marine Data Centre

Other citation details

This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Eric Stienen, Marc Van de walle (n.d.). Number of oiled Guillemots on Belgian beaches (winter 1961/1962 - winter 2021/2022). (2) Eric Stienen, Marc Van De Walle (n.d.). Oiled Guillemots Report MSFD 2024.
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
Owner
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Publisher
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Keywords
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
European Legislation Identifier
Marine Regions
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
High-value dataset categories
Eionet Central Data Repository
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
Text, table
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
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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
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OnLine resource
Oiled Guillemots Report MSFD 2024. Eric Stienen, Marc Van De Walle ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An HTTP link to view information

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
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application/vnd.ms-excel
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Unknown
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0.02538
OnLine resource
Number of oiled Guillemots on Belgian beaches (winter 1961/1962 - winter 2021/2022). Eric Stienen, Marc Van de walle ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel

OnLine resource
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification
Pass
Yes
Statement

Each month during winter (October-March), Belgian beaches are searched for stranded seabirds; species, age, decomposition rate and presence of oil are recorded, following OSPAR EcoQO standards. Monitoring is carried out by INBO under the OSPAR Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme, since 1962 (yearly counts), with monthly counts since 1992. In-situ beach surveys (land/beach), monthly during winter. Visual assessment of oiling status of stranded Guillemots; calculation of % oiled among stranded individuals per OSPAR EcoQO standards.
File identifier
bmdc.be:dataset:2934 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-09-21T15:30:34.507Z
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) D8C4 - Adverse effect of significant acute pollution events
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 marine monitoring
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Oceanographic geographical features
High-value dataset categories
Earth observation and environment
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
Directive 2008/56/EC
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
National
INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts
Oceanographic Geographical Features
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
Contaminants do not produce pollution effects
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
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