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General

Full name of the dataset*

Person filling in this form*

Institute

Contact email*

Dataset version

Dataset date

Abstract*

Extensive description of the dataset

Keyword(s)

[lookup]

Habitat

Marine waters

Fresh waters

Brackish waters

Total number of distribution records in the database (approx.)

Status of the data collection
Planned In Progress Completed

Basis of the distribution records
Field work Literature Museum species Other,specify:

Access Constraints
Academic Collection cost charge Commercially available Distribution cost charge Freely available after moratorium period Freely available if cited Licence No access Not available until published Organisation Restricted Unknown Unrestricted Other, specify:

How's the quality of the dataset?
Not checked No remarks Doubtfull Should not be used To be checked Checked

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People involved

Name and contact of person

Institution

Role

Contact Co-ordinator Data author Data collector Data manager Data owner Data provider Database developer Executant Sponsor

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Taxonomic cover

Taxonomic scope
[lookup in WoRMS]
Total number of species included (approx.)

The taxonomic names have been matched with WoRMS names

What type(s) are the data points?

	presence
	counts
	biomass
	density
	other- specify:

Any other parameter(s) measured?

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Geographical cover

Geographical scope [lookup]

Min. lat

Min. lon

Max. lat

Max. lon

Geographical resolution

Total number of localities/stations included (approx.)

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Temporal cover

	year	month	day
Date of first record	1735173617371738173917401741174217431744174517461747174817491750175117521753175417551756175717581759176017611762176317641765176617671768176917701771177217731774177517761777177817791780178117821783178417851786178717881789179017911792179317941795179617971798179918001801180218031804180518061807180818091810181118121813181418151816181718181819182018211822182318241825182618271828182918301831183218331834183518361837183818391840184118421843184418451846184718481849185018511852185318541855185618571858185918601861186218631864186518661867186818691870187118721873187418751876187718781879188018811882188318841885188618871888188918901891189218931894189518961897189818991900190119021903190419051906190719081909191019111912191319141915191619171918191919201921192219231924192519261927192819291930193119321933193419351936193719381939194019411942194319441945194619471948194919501951195219531954195519561957195819591960196119621963196419651966196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020	123456789101112	12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Date of last record	1735173617371738173917401741174217431744174517461747174817491750175117521753175417551756175717581759176017611762176317641765176617671768176917701771177217731774177517761777177817791780178117821783178417851786178717881789179017911792179317941795179617971798179918001801180218031804180518061807180818091810181118121813181418151816181718181819182018211822182318241825182618271828182918301831183218331834183518361837183818391840184118421843184418451846184718481849185018511852185318541855185618571858185918601861186218631864186518661867186818691870187118721873187418751876187718781879188018811882188318841885188618871888188918901891189218931894189518961897189818991900190119021903190419051906190719081909191019111912191319141915191619171918191919201921192219231924192519261927192819291930193119321933193419351936193719381939194019411942194319441945194619471948194919501951195219531954195519561957195819591960196119621963196419651966196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020	123456789101112	12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031

Temporal resolution
Daily Monthly Hourly Yearly Quasi continuous (< 1 min.) Unknown Weekly Two-weekly Seasonally Not relevant Every two days Twice a year Each 10 minutes Two-yearly Five-yearly Three-yearly Other, specify:

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Reference

Preferred citation of the dataset: how should this dataset be referred to in scientific publications?*

Reference(s) of publication(s) that was based on this dataset (one reference per textfield)

Reference(s) of publication(s) that describe this dataset in detail (one reference per textfield)

Format in which the dataset is available

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EurOBIS

Will the dataset be made available to EurOBIS?
Not yet decided No Yes Yes, but with restrictions, specify:
How will the dataset be transferred to EurOBIS?
By DiGIR provider Sending a digital copy to VLIZ Upload the file via this form Other, specify:
Upload dataset file (max. 10MB)

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Comments

Any additional comments?

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