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Dataset Title:	European Seabirds at Sea - data collected by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Belgium
Institution:	BELSPO, LNE, LNE-INBO, IRScNB/KBIN-BMM (Dataset ID: esas_inbo)
Range:	longitude = -9.1 to 5.35°E, latitude = 36.53 to 54.22°N, time = 1992-09-30T01:00:00Z to 2008-12-19T01:00:00Z
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Subset \| Data Access Form \| Files

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  ScientificName {
    String long_name "ScientificName";
    String units "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/";
    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 1992.0, 2008.0;
    String long_name "YearCollected";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  MonthCollected {
    Float32 actual_range 1.0, 12.0;
    String long_name "MonthCollected";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  DayCollected {
    Float32 actual_range 1.0, 31.0;
    String long_name "DayCollected";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 7.178148e+8, 1.2296484e+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 "None";
  }
  Notes {
    String long_name "Notes";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -9.1, 5.35;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    String units_uri "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLongitude";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range 36.53, 54.22;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    String units_uri "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLatitude";
  }
  aphia_id {
    Float32 actual_range 1836.0, 2688.0;
    String long_name "aphia_id";
    String units "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String AccConstrDescription "This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms";
    String AccConstrDisplay "This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.";
    String AccConstrEN "Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)";
    String AccessConstraint "Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)";
    String AccessConstraints "Distribution records are made available online. Counts can be made available upon request.";
    String Acronym "None";
    String BrackishFlag "1";
    String CDate "2004-06-10";
    String cdm_data_type "Other";
    String CheckedFlag "1";
    String Citation "Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). European Seabirds at Sea - data collected by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). INBO Seabird distribution data (all trips).";
    String Comments "None";
    String ContactEmail "None";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_name "Vanermen, Courtens, Stienen";
    String CurrencyDate "None";
    String DasID "155";
    String DasOrigin "Monitoring: field survey";
    String DasType "Data";
    String DasTypeID "1";
    String DescrCompFlag "0";
    String DescrTransFlag "1";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 5.35;
    String EmbargoDate "None";
    String EngAbstract "This dataset represents a subset of the INBO-database on the distribution of seabirds and marine mammals starting from 1992 in north-west European marine areas with a focus on Belgian marine waters.";
    String EngDescr 
"The INBO Seabirds at Sea Database was established in 1992 in close collaboration with the European Seabird at Sea Database (ESAS). This dataset represents a subset of the INBO-database on seabird distribution holding information on the distribution of seabirds and marine mammals in north-west European marine areas with a focus on Belgian marine waters. The most recent version of this database contains records that were collected during 1992-2011. The data were collected using a standardised ESAS methodology. The Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO) and the Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models and the Scheldt Estuary (MUMM) sponsored parts of the data collection. 

The data have been used to produce atlasses of seabird distrution, vulnerability maps and biological valuation maps. Subsequently, these data have been used for a wide variety of research purposes.";
    String FreshFlag "0";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 54.22;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 36.53;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 5.35;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -9.1;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2025-03-09T23:40:12Z (local files)
2025-03-09T23:40:12Z http://erddap.eurobis.org/tabledap/esas_inbo.das";
    String infoUrl "None";
    String InputNotes "Maakt deel uit van de Europese  ESAS database (European Seabirds at Sea)/ Data wordt jaarlijks gestuurd naar Idod / en is beschikbaar in Eurobis (presence only, met uitzondering van de twee meest recente observatiejaren).";
    String institution "BELSPO, LNE, LNE-INBO, IRScNB/KBIN-BMM";
    String keywords "aphia_id, BasisOfRecord, DayCollected, InstitutionCode, latitude, longitude, MonthCollected, Notes, ScientificName, time, YearCollected";
    String License "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/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";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 54.22;
    String OrigAbstract "Met behulp van schepen en door middel van een standaardtelmethode wordt de verspreiding van zeevogels op de Noordzee, met focus op het Belgisch Continentaal Plat, onderzocht";
    String OrigDescr "None";
    String OrigDescrLang "Dutch";
    String OrigDescrLangNL "Nederlands";
    String OrigLangCode "nl";
    String OrigTitle "None";
    String OrigTitleLang "None";
    String OrigTitleLangCode "None";
    String OrigTitleLangNL "None";
    String Progress "In Progress";
    String PublicFlag "1";
    String ReleaseDate "None";
    String ReleaseDate0 "None";
    String RevisionDate "None";
    String SizeReference "85 090 distribution records";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 36.53;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String StandardTitle "European Seabirds at Sea - data collected by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Belgium";
    String subsetVariables "ScientificName,BasisOfRecord,YearCollected,MonthCollected,DayCollected,aphia_id";
    String summary "This dataset represents a subset of the INBO-database on the distribution of seabirds and marine mammals starting from 1992 in north-west European marine areas with a focus on Belgian marine waters.";
    String TerrestrialFlag "0";
    String time_coverage_end "2008-12-19T01:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "1992-09-30T01:00:00Z";
    String title "European Seabirds at Sea - data collected by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Belgium";
    String UDate "2015-10-08";
    String VersionDate "Jun 10 2004 12:00AM";
    String VersionDay "14";
    String VersionMonth "1";
    String VersionName "1";
    String VersionYear "2011";
    String VlizCoreFlag "1";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -9.1;
  }
}

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