Macrobenthos and Phytoplankton monitoring in the Belgian coastal zone in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)

This dataset is the result of the monitoring performed with regards to the European Water Framework Directive for the coastal areas (1 mile zone). The following data is included:- Species composition, abundance and biomass of the macrobenthos of three communities (Abra alba, Macoma balthica, Nephtys cirrosa). - Phytoplankton biomonitoring, identification and enumeration of marine phytoplankton samples, with special attention to Phaeocystis.

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Date (Revision)
2021-01-18
Edition

v1.11
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Identifier
idod_wfd

Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences IPT dataset identifier

Author
  Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences - Serge Scory
BE
Point of contact
  Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences - Serge Scory
BE
Keywords

  • European Water Framework Directive

  • monitoring

  • macrobenthos

  • phytoplankton

GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary:

  • Samplingevent
Use limitation

To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
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Other restrictions
Use constraints
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Other constraints

To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
Classification
Unclassified
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
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Begin date
2007-10-08
End date
2009-10-22
Alternate title

L10
Date
Edition
3
Unique resource identifier
Unique resource identifier
Codespace

L10
Topology level
Geometry only

Distributor

Distributor
  Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Name

Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A)
Name

Comma-separated values (CSV) file
OnLine resource
The csv file and the Darwin Core Archive as found on the GBIF portal. ( http )

Distributor

Distributor
  Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Name

Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A)
OnLine resource
The Darwin Core Archive as found on the IPT of the data publisher. ( http )
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Statement

The dataset has been data managed in order to be stored as Darwin Core archive: taxa were matched and columns were mapped with DarwinCore headers.
File identifier
rbins:dataset::idod_wfd XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2021-01-18
Metadata standard name

Geographic Information — Metadata Part 1: Fundamentals
Metadata standard version

ISO 19115-1:2014(E)
Author
  Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences - Thomas Vandenberghe
 
 

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