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Dataset Title:	Taxonomic Information System for the Belgian coastal area
Institution:	VLIZ (Dataset ID: Tisbe)
Range:	longitude = -149.6 to 180.0°E, latitude = -47.0 to 85.0°N, time = 1907-05-01T01:00:00Z to 2005-09-01T01:00:00Z
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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  ScientificName {
    String long_name "ScientificName";
    String sdn_P02_name "SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters";
    String sdn_P02_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/BPRP/";
    String sdn_P02_urn "SDN:P02::BPRP";
    String sdn_parameter_name "Taxon of biological entity specified elsewhere";
    String sdn_parameter_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/";
    String sdn_parameter_urn "SDN:P01::SCNAME01";
    String sdn_uom_name "Not applicable";
    String sdn_uom_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/XXXX/";
    String sdn_uom_urn "SDN:P06::XXXX";
    String standard_name "scientificname";
    String units "Not applicable";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/";
  }
  BasisOfRecord {
    String long_name "BasisOfRecord";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  InstitutionCode {
    String long_name "InstitutionCode";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  YearCollected {
    Float32 actual_range 1907.0, 2005.0;
    String long_name "YearCollected";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  MonthCollected {
    Float32 actual_range 5.0, 9.0;
    String long_name "MonthCollected";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  DayCollected {
    Float32 actual_range 23.0, 23.0;
    String long_name "DayCollected";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range -1.9777788e+9, 1.1255364e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String time_precision "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/CJDY1101";
  }
  MinimumDepth {
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 4852.0;
    String long_name "MinimumDepth";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  MaximumDepth {
    Float32 actual_range 1.0, 5270.0;
    String long_name "MaximumDepth";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  Notes {
    String long_name "Notes";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -149.6, 180.0;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ALONZZ01";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range -47.0, 85.0;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ALATZZ01";
  }
  aphia_id {
    Float32 actual_range 175.0, 22850.0;
    String long_name "aphia_id";
    String sdn_P02_name "SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters";
    String sdn_P02_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/BPRP/";
    String sdn_P02_urn "SDN:P02::BPRP";
    String sdn_parameter_name "Identifier (LSID) of biological entity specified elsewhere";
    String sdn_parameter_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/";
    String sdn_parameter_urn "SDN:P01::SNANID01";
    String sdn_uom_name "Not applicable";
    String sdn_uom_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/XXXX/";
    String sdn_uom_urn "SDN:P06::XXXX";
    String standard_name "aphia_id";
    String units "Not applicable";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String AccConID "21";
    String AccConstrDescription "This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.";
    String AccConstrDisplay "This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.";
    String AccConstrEN "Attribution (CC BY)";
    String AccessConstraint "Attribution (CC BY)";
    String Acronym "TISBE";
    String added_date "2004-08-10 10:05:02";
    String BrackishFlag "1";
    String CDate "2004-05-10";
    String cdm_data_type "Other";
    String CheckedFlag "1";
    String Citation "Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). Taxonomic Information System for the Belgian coastal area. 10 Aug 2004, Oostende, Belgium, Accessed on [dd/mm/yyyy].";
    String Comments "None";
    String ContactEmail "None";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_name "Vandepitte, Appeltans, Deneudt";
    String CurrencyDate "None";
    String DasID "82";
    String DasOrigin "Literature research";
    String DasType "Data";
    String DasTypeID "1";
    String DateLastModified "{'date': '2025-02-18 01:34:01.301036', 'timezone_type': 1, 'timezone': '+01:00'}";
    String DescrCompFlag "0";
    String DescrTransFlag "0";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 180.0;
    String EmbargoDate "None";
    String EngAbstract "Taxonomic Information System for the Belgian coastal area. Biogeographical information on (mainly) Belgian species. Focus area of the dataset spans from north of Wimereux (northern France) to the Scheldt estuary (southern Netherlands).";
    String EngDescr 
"With TISBE, VLIZ tries to develop a comprehensive list of species recorded from the Belgian coast, the Southern Bight of the North Sea and the surrounding countries. The focal area for this database spans from northern France (rocky shores north of Wimereux, where the fauna changes dramatically) to southern Holland, including the Delta area and whole of the tidal part of the Scheldt estuary. Distributions from further away are recorded only if the are listed in publications dealing mainly with distribution records from the focus area. The precision with which the distribution records, both on the geographical and on the temporal scale, are recorded, is variable: the closer a record is to the focal area, the more details we try and record. 

The sources of information are mainly published literature. All distribution records contain a description of the source. Leaving such an 'audit trail' makes it possible to check the validity of every single distribution record by going back to the sources of our information. 

TISBE is build on top of VLIZ's species register, Aphia, and this web application always contains links to taxonomic details, and other taxon-specific information, as they are known in Aphia. From within TISBE, only those species are visible that are known to occur in the area.";
    String FreshFlag "None";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 85.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -47.0;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 180.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -149.6;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2025-03-09T23:34:31Z (local files)
2025-03-09T23:34:31Z http://erddap.eurobis.org/tabledap/Tisbe.das";
    String infoUrl "None";
    String InputNotes "None";
    String institution "VLIZ";
    String keywords "aphia_id, BasisOfRecord, DayCollected, InstitutionCode, latitude, longitude, MaximumDepth, MinimumDepth, MonthCollected, Notes, ScientificName, time, YearCollected";
    String License "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/";
    String license 
"The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.";
    String Lineage "None";
    String MarineFlag "1";
    String modified_sync "2021-02-04 00:00:00";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 85.0;
    String OrigAbstract "None";
    String OrigDescr "None";
    String OrigDescrLang "None";
    String OrigDescrLangNL "None";
    String OrigLangCode "None";
    String OrigLangCodeExtended "None";
    String OrigLangID "None";
    String OrigTitle "None";
    String OrigTitleLang "None";
    String OrigTitleLangCode "None";
    String OrigTitleLangID "None";
    String OrigTitleLangNL "None";
    String Progress "Completed";
    String PublicFlag "1";
    String ReleaseDate "Aug 10 2004 12:00AM";
    String ReleaseDate0 "2004-08-10";
    String RevisionDate "None";
    String SizeReference "about 10,000 species; 400 stations; 37,000 distribution records";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -47.0;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String StandardTitle "Taxonomic Information System for the Belgian coastal area";
    String StatusID "1";
    String subsetVariables "ScientificName,BasisOfRecord,YearCollected,MonthCollected,DayCollected,aphia_id";
    String summary "Taxonomic Information System for the Belgian coastal area. Biogeographical information on (mainly) Belgian species. Focus area of the dataset spans from north of Wimereux (northern France) to the Scheldt estuary (southern Netherlands).";
    String TerrestrialFlag "0";
    String time_coverage_end "2005-09-01T01:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "1907-05-01T01:00:00Z";
    String title "Taxonomic Information System for the Belgian coastal area";
    String UDate "2019-01-02";
    String VersionDate "Feb 25 2004 12:00AM";
    String VersionDay "25";
    String VersionMonth "2";
    String VersionName "1";
    String VersionYear "2004";
    String VlizCoreFlag "1";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -149.6;
  }
}

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