DEMNA-DNE : Freshwater mussels occurrences in Wallonia

Occurrence
Version 1.5 published by Service Public de Wallonie – Département d’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW – DEMNA) on Dec 7, 2020 Service Public de Wallonie – Département d’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW – DEMNA)

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Description

Freshwater mussels occurrences in Wallonia is a presence-only occurrence dataset dedicated to mussels observations (Unio crassus, U. pictorum, U. tumidus, Anadonta anatina, A. cygnea and Pseudanodonta complanata) made by the Département d'Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW-DEMNA) and partners, between 2002 and 2020.

The data were collected within the framework of the department's missions, mostly related to the Natura 2000 monitoring and reporting and the LIFE Belgian Nature Integrated Project (BNIP).

This dataset includes only verified presence records but some populations have disappeared during the period covered. It should be considered as an historical monitoring of the remaining populations and caution should be paid on the dates of the records.

The absence of data does not always mean that the species is not present and absence data were not included in the dataset to avoid their misinterpretation but are available by request adressed to the Department. Please feel free to contact the department if you have remarks/questions regarding the dataset or about freshwater mussels monitoring.

Versions

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How to cite

Please be aware, this is an old version of the dataset.  Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Motte G (2020): DEMNA-DNE : Freshwater mussels occurrences in Wallonia. v1.5. Service Public de Wallonie – Département d’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW – DEMNA). Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=uniocrassuswal&v=1.5

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Service Public de Wallonie – Département d’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW – DEMNA). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: e544c55b-ead2-4311-8f57-50ab5907d8dc.  Service Public de Wallonie – Département d’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW – DEMNA) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

Occurrence; Wallonia; monitoring; freshwater; mussel; ; Observation

Contacts

Grégory Motte
  • Point Of Contact
Biodiversity expert
Department d'Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole
Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
5030 Gembloux
Namur
BE
Grégory Motte
  • Point Of Contact
Biodiversity Expert
Department d'Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole
Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
5030 Gembloux
Namur
BE
Maxime Coupremanne
  • Point Of Contact
Data liaison officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
Avenue Maréchal Juin, 23
5030 Gembloux
Namur
BE

Geographic Coverage

Wallonia, Southern Belgium

Bounding Coordinates South West [49.781, 2.681], North East [50.816, 6.108]

Taxonomic Coverage

Freshwater mussels species of Wallonia.

Species Unio Crassus (Mulette épaisse), Unio pictorum (Mulette des peintres), Unio tumidus (Mulette renflée), Anodonta cygnea (Anodonte des cygnes), Anodonta anatina (Anodonte des rivières), Pseudanodonta complanata (Anodonte comprimée)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2002-01-01 / 2020-09-23

Sampling Methods

This dataset includes records obtained in different frameworks and protocols: opportunistic observations, IBGN and Natura 2000 samplings, research and monitoring projects (thesis, Life BNIP, etc.).

Study Extent Wallonia, southern Belgium from 2002 to 2020.
Quality Control All data has been validated by a process based on image evidence, the expertise of the observer or investigation by an expert from the department.

Method step description:

  1. Monitoring in different contexts
  2. Aggregation of occurrences data and validation
  3. Extraction of mussels presence records to darwinCore

Additional Metadata

Maintenance Description This dataset will be upgraded annually with new validated observations.
Alternative Identifiers https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=uniocrassuswal