Abundance across trophic guilds dataset in support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 4 (D04C02, 2018 Reporting) : Dataset i.v.m. de dichtheid van trofische gilden voor de Kaderrichtlijn Mariene Strategie (KRMS) Descriptor 4 (D04C02, Rapportage 2018) : Jeu de données sur les abondances des différentes guildes trophiques en support de la Directive-cadre stratégie pour le milieu marin (DCSMM) Descripteur 4 (D04C02, Rapport 2018) : Abundance across trophic guilds dataset in support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 4 (D04C02, 2018 Reporting) : Datensatz über die Dichten trophischen Gilden zur Unterstützung der Meeresstrategie-Rahmenrichtlinie Descriptor 4 (D04C02, Bericht 2018)

• Main Authors: Instituut Voor Natuur- En Bosonderzoek / Research Institute For Nature And Forest INBO, Instituut Voor Landbouw- En Visserijonderzoek-Visserij ILVO
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) 2018
• Subjects: Sea regions; Meeresregionen; Régions maritimes; Zeegebieden; Reporting INSPIRE; Federal government; Federale Overheid; Gouvernement Fédéral; Bundesregierung; Belgian part of the North Sea; Greater North Sea, incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel; Marine food webs are at normal abundance and diversity; Directive 2008/56/EC; National; Nationales; Nationaal; trophic level; Trophiegrad; niveau trophique; trofisch peil; marine monitoring; Meeresüberwachung; surveillance du milieu marin; controle van de zee; Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Meeresstrategie-Rahmenrichtlinie; directive-cadre «stratégie pour le milieu marin»; kaderrichtlijn mariene strategie; Criteria D4C2 - Abundance across trophic guilds; Kattegat; Van Veen; Common tern; Black-headed Gull
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2011; http://metadata.naturalsciences.be/bmdc.be:dataset:2011

This dataset is part of the 2018 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 4, criterion 2. Three distinct datasets are published for this criterion.'Occurrence of breeding seabirds' describes the observation of eight seabird species (Common tern, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Common Gull, Small Black-backed Gull, Yellow-legged gull, Big Stern and Little Stern) on the Belgian coast between 1992 and 2015. 'Density of seabirds' describes the density of seabirds (N birds/km) observed at large in the Belgian part of the North Sea between 1987 and 2016 (three surveys a year). Thirteen species are monitored and the evolution of each species density is shown as diagrams.'Occurrence of important benthic species' describes the results of Van Veen sampling campaigns performed between 2009 and 2014 in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Benthic species are counted and identified (e.g. Annelida, Echinodermata,..).