Data projects
 [BWZee] |
A Biological Valuation Map for the Belgian Continental Shelf The project aims to develop a scientifically acceptable and widely applicable valuation strategy for marine areas and to apply this strategy to the Belgian Continental Shelf. |
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 [HiFiDATA] |
A century of sea fisheries in Belgium Data and information regarding the history of sea fisheries in Belgium is collected, described, archived, described, quality controlled, integrated and available. |
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 [AquaRES] |
Aquatic species Registry Exchange and Services The main objective of this project is to ensure and enhance the interoperability and public availability of the aquatic species databases WoRMS and FADA through the development of a set of web services. Such services can guarantee the automatic and timely exchange of data between WoRMS and FADA, but also expose the data for use in other initiatives and applications. On top of these web services, we aim to develop tools to perform data quality control of species related data, by improving and extending the ‘fuzzy matching algorithm for genus and species scientific names’ (Taxamatch) tool and building on other existing services. |
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 [SeArch] |
Archaeological heritage in the North Sea Marine heritage is threatened by the increasing pressure of commercial activities at sea. However, this part of our cultural heritage is not well known. The SeArch project should allow to inventory at acceptable cost and with sufficient legal certainty in the context of the marine exploitation. |
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| Archiving data on recreational fishing along the Belgian coast To avoid the loss of data from recreational fisheries, which are an important source of information about life in the coastal zone, VLIZ has taken the initiative in cooperation with shrimpers, anglers and beach fishermen, to describe and archive this data. |
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 [As-Made] |
Assessment of Marine Debris on the Belgian Continental Shelf: occurence and effects Research on the occurrence and dispersion of marine debris in the Belgian marine environment through an integrated database, an assessment of the impact of this debris on marine organisms, a review of the financial impact of pollution and the development and evaluation of policy tools. |
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 [Kustkompas] |
Coastal Compass: Indicators as guidelines for integrated Coastal Zone Management The Coastal Compass discusses the 21 indicators and attempts tat framing them into a wider vision. In the Coastal Compass the information from the barometer gives the trends of the past years at a single glance. The first edition was launched in March 2006. |
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 [BEQI] |
Development of software to calculate BEQI (Benthos Ecosystem Quality Index) BEQI is a biological index that will be used assessing the state of the benthos of coastal and transitional waters for the Water Framework Directive |
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 [EcoTox] |
Ecotox project The Ecotox database contains information on the most important potential pollutants of the North Sea. The list of chemicals was compiled on the basis of their toxicity, and the frequency with which they are transported over the North Sea. |
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 [Ed North] |
ED-North Database: Evaluation of possible impacts of endocrine disruptors on the North Sea e... Data compiled by the Research Group Environmental Toxicology, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Belgium |
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 [PESI] |
EU-nomen, Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure EU-nomen enables the correct use of species names and their classification, to more accurately manage information on animals and plants. This is the first all-taxa inventory for European species. |
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 [EMODNet BIO] |
European Marine Observation and Data Network - Biology Lot This project website provides information on the progress of the biological preparatory action and gives access to the marine biological data portal and metadata catalogue. |
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[EMODNET BIO II] |
European Marine Observation and Data Network - Biology lot II The European Marine Data and Observation Network (EMODnet) aims to develop a system to make marine data available in support of scientists, policy makers and other end-users, within the framework of the new European maritime policy. VLIZ coordinates this project of 23 European partners and develops an online data portal. |
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[EMODNET-CHEM II] |
European Marine Observation and Data Network - Chemical Lot II EMODnet aims to develop a system to make marine data available in support of scientists, policy makers and other end-users, within the framework of the new European maritime policy. A portal is developed for chemical data. VLIZ participates in this project that is co-ordinated by the Italian National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS). |
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European sustainability indicators for coastal areas in the Netherlands An initial inventory of the European sustainability indicators has been drawn up by VLIZ for the Dutch coastal zone. This survey was conducted by the Department of Rijkswaterstaat/Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee (RWS/RIKZ), commissioned by DG Water (VLIZ responsibility). |
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 [GIFS] |
Geography of Inshore Fisheries and Sustainability The Channel & North Sea are home to a vitally important fishing industry that is facing significant changes and challenges. Policy responses to reductions in fish stocks impact on communities that depend upon fishing, with social and economic consequences. The aim of the GIFS project is to explore, across the common priority area, the socio-economic and cultural importance of inshore fishing and to provide a demonstration project in fisheries based community regeneration. |
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 [IDO-Schelde] |
Indicators of sustainable development for the Scheldt Estuary Set up a set of sustainability indicators for monitoring trends and developments with regard to policy-relevant issues, and this in the context of long-term vision and target for the Scheldt estuary (Flanders-Netherlands). |
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 [ISECA] |
Information System on the Eutrophication of our Coastal Areas Within ISECA an information portal on eutrophication in the 2 Seas area will be created. The portal will give access to an information server on actors within this area of expertise, dataproducts, communication products. A demonstrative evaluation tool on the waterquality driven by earth observation data will be made available. |
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[IMERS] |
Integrated Marine Environmental Readings and Samples Database with measurements of sampling campaigns of Belgian Part of the North Sea and international waters. |
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 [INRAM] |
Integrated Risk Assessment and Monitoring of micropollutants in the Belgian coastal zone The project focuses on the chemical status of coastal waters and harbours along the Belgian Coast. A new monitoring technique with passive samplers was tested. Follow-up project of Endis-Risks. |
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 [Macrobel] |
Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf To explore the effects of natural and anthropogenic impacts, macrobenthos is used. Also because of their direct link with the sediment and the processes just above it. The goal of this project is to contribute to the knowledge of the long-term variability in the biodiversity of the macrobenthos and its relationship to human activities. |
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 [MRG] |
Marine Regions, towards a standard for georeferenced marine names “Marine Regions”, an open-access, standardised, hierarchical list of geographic names, linked to information on and maps of the geographic location of these names. It includes geographic marine names worldwide, including ocean basins, seas, sandbanks, ridges, bays and other marine geographical placenames and attributes, and displays the boundaries of marine biogeographic or other managed marine areas |
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 [Micro B3] |
Micro B3 (biodiversity, bioinformatics, biotechnology) Micro B3 will develop innovative bioinformatic approaches and a legal framework to make large-scale data on marine viral, bacterial, archaeal and protists genomes and metagenomes accessible for marine ecosystems biology and to define new targets for biotechnological applications. |
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 [NSBP] |
North Sea Benthos Project Integrating macrobenthic infaunal data (1999-2001) available from various sources, including national monitoring surveys, in North Sea soft bottom sediments. |
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 [NSBS] |
North Sea Benthos Survey Results of a survey of the North Sea benthos in 1986, covering the whole of the North Sea, and using standard sampling and processing techniques. |
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 [ODP] |
Ocean Data Portal Delivering a standards-based infrastructure that provides the integration of marine data and information from a network of distributed IODE NODCs (National Oceanographic Data Centre). |
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Oil victims winter 2003 The website of the crisis centre that was founded in Ostend to take care of the oil victims which are washed ashore from the disaster with the Tricolor. The crisis shelter is currently not operational. |
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 [PEGASO] |
People for Ecosystem-based governance in Assessing Sustainable Development of Ocean and Coast The main objective of PEGASO is to build on existing capacities and develop common novel approaches to support integrated policies for the coastal, marine and maritime realms of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins in ways that are consistent with and relevant to the implementation of the ICZM Protocol for the Mediterranean. |
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 [LifeWatch.be] |
Regional Lifewatch Node - Marine and terrestrial observatories, models and data systems. LifeWatch is a distributed virtual laboratory and will be used for biodiversity research, for climatological and environmental impact studies. This large European research infrastructure (ESFRI) consists of several biodiversity observatories, databases, web services and modelling tools. With the regional node, VLIZ coordinates in collaboration with INBO the Flemish contribution to LifeWatch. |
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 [SeaDataNet II] |
SeaDataNet II - Pan-European infrastructure for Ocean & Marine Data Management SeaDataNet II is an EU project with over 50 partners - mainly data centers of European Marine Institutes - providing metadata and data using a common infrastructure. |
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Seastats Objective and reliable figures about the coast and the sea. |
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The Coastal Atlas Online atlas about the Belgian coast with graphs, interactive maps, figures, … |
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 [WESTBANKS] |
Understanding benthic, pelagic and air-borne ecosystem interactions in shallow coastal seas Follow-up project of the Trophos-project. Focus on the interactions between different functional groups in the foodweb by experimental studies and monitoring. The western banks are chosen because of the high diversity and the unique system of sandbanks . |
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