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MARCOBOLO - MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations. Observation during the MarcoBolo campaign of May 2025 in the Belgian part of the North Sea [dasid=9027] show more

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FilenameWBAT_SN284143_MarcoBolo_AP-bpns-Grafton_summer_2025_processed.zip
Direct linkhttps://mda.vliz.be/directlink.php?fid=VLIZ_00001214_6a54fd26377a7914132885
DatatypeIn situ Instrument data
MIMEtypeapplication/zip
AuthorsDebusschere, E.; Muñiz, C.; Cuyx, B.; Aubach, J.; Conings, B.; Calonge, A.
DataproviderFlanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Marine Observation Center
Email Dataproviderelisabeth.debusschere@vliz.be
Conditions of useCCBY
Creationdate2026-07-14
SubmitterCalonge Arienne
Submit date2026-07-13 14:58:46
Archived byCalonge Arienne
Archive date2026-07-14 09:14:27
PathMARCOBOLO/WBAT/
Start year2025
End year2025
SummaryDeployment of echosounder (Simrad WBAT 70 kHz CW and 200 kHz FM) in the BPNS, fixed on a seabed lander, during the MARCO-BOLO biodiversity campaign. Detected acoustic regions were processed using Echoview.
DescriptionThe zipped file contains the mission plan (.mpl), the Echoview calibration file (.ECS), the metadata sheet (.CSV) and the processed exports from Echoview (.CSV).
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Content
Content Acoustics
Materials and methods
Instrument type Wideband Autonomous Transceiver (WBAT)
Instrument Split-beam echosounder
Deployment Seabed lander
Serial number 284143
Sampling frequency
Measurements
Parameters Acoustic backscatter in the water column
Geographic scope
Sea area(s) Belgian EEZ (MRGID3293)
Location Belgian part of the North Sea
Station bpns-Grafton
Latitude 51.40645
Longitude 2.8185
Coordinate reference
Z Reference
Temporal scope
First date 2025-05-18
Last date 2025-08-12
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