VIS - Non-native fish in Flanders, Belgium

Hugo Verreycken; Dimitri Brosens

doi:10.15468/ycahus

VIS - Non-native fish in Flanders, Belgium

Citation

Verreycken H, Brosens D (2025). VIS - Non-native fish in Flanders, Belgium. Version 1.9. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ycahus accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-20.

Description

Non-native Fish in Flanders, Belgium is a sampling event dataset published by the Research Institute of Nature and Forest (INBO). It is part of the VIS database in which data are collected to monitor the status of fishes and their habitats in Flanders,. This dataset contains fish counts of exotic fish in Flanders. Here, it is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each sampling event an eventID, date, location and sampling protocol (in the event core) and for each occurrence and occurrenceID, the number of recorded individuals, status (present/absent) and scientific name (in the occurrence extension). Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/inbo/data-publication/issues

We have released this dataset to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver. We would appreciate it if you follow the INBO norms for data use (https://www.vlaanderen.be/inbo/en-gb/norms-for-data-use/) when using the data. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don't hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via opendata@inbo.be.

For all published VIS datasets occurrences, see https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?collection_code=VIS

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The data in this dataset is a subset of the complete VIS database and holds data from the project Non-native fish in Flanders, Belgium.’ The geographic coordinates in both datasets are those of the defined sampling locations (dwc:locationID). The coordinate UncertaintyInMeters is set to 30 meter for this dataset.

Sampling

Standardized sampling methods were used as described in Belpaire et al. (2000) and Van Thuyne (2010) and are specified in the dataset as dwc:samplingProtocol. For this dataset, also other methods like angling (1 hour on 1m²) were used.

Quality Control

Data are collected by specialists using a predefined sampling protocol.

Method steps

The data are standardized to Darwin Core (Wieczorek et al. 2012) with a custom SQL view on the original VIS database and then published making use of the GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit (Robertson et al. 2014) instance at the INBO (http://data.inbo.be/ipt). The Darwin Core terms (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/) in the dataset at the time of publication are: Event Core eventID, type, language, license, rightsHolder, accessRights, datasetID, institutionCode, datasetName, informationWithheld, habitat, samplingProtocol, samplingEffort, eventDate, verbatimEventDate, locationID, continent, waterBody, countryCode, verbatimLocality, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, geodeticDatum, coordinateUncertaintyInMeters, verbatimLatitude, verbatimLongitude, verbatimCoordinateSystem, verbatimSRS Occurrence extension occurrenceID, eventID, collectionCode, recordedBy, individualCount, identifiedBy, scientificName , kingdom, taxonRank, scientificNameAuthorship, vernacularName nomenclaturalCode, occurrenceStatus
Researchers from INBO and Natuurpunt Studie define and document the appropriate sampling protocol.
Fieldwork is planned and coordinated by INBO.
Data are collected in the field by specialized personnel, using the predefined sampling protocol.
Collaborators enter the collected data in the VIS database.
A custom SQL view is created in the VIS database to map the original data to Darwin Core as an event core with an occurrence extension.
The Darwin Core views are connected to the INBO IPT and documented with metadata.

Taxonomic Coverages

Non native fishes in Flanders, Belgium

Animalia
rank: kingdom
Chordata
rank: phylum
Actinopterygii
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Flanders, Belgium

Bibliographic Citations

Brosens D, Breine J, Van Thuyne G, Belpaire C, Desmet P, Verreycken H (2015) VIS – A database on the distribution of fishes in inland and estuarine waters in Flanders, Belgium. ZooKeys 475: 119-145. - https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.475.8556
Verreycken H, Galle L, Lambeens L, Maes Y, Terrie T, Van den Bergh E and Breine JJ 2019. First record of the naked goby, Gobiosoma bosc (Actenopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Zeeschelde (Belgium). Acta Ichthyologia et Piscatoria 49 (3): 291–294 - DOI: 10.3750/AIEP/02688
Breine JJ, Van den Bergh E, Terrie T, Lambeens I, Maes Y, Galle L and Verreycken H, 2019. First record of the target fish, Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) in the Zeeschelde, Belgium. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science - doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.04.028
Verhelst P, Boets P, Van Thuyne G, Verreycken H, Goethals PLM & Mouton AM, 2016. The distribution of an invasive fish species is highly affected by the presence of native fish species: evidence based on species distribution modeling. Biological Invasions 18 (2): 427-444. - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-015-1016-y
Mombaerts M, Verreycken H, Volckaert F & Huyse T, 2014. The invasive round goby Neogobius melanostomus and tubenose goby Proterorhinus semilunaris: two introduction routes into Belgium. Aquatic Invasions 9 (3): 305-314. - http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2014.9.3.06
Cammaerts R, Spikmans F, van Kessel N, Verreycken H, Chérot F, Demol T & Richez S, 2012. Colonization of the Border Meuse area (The Netherlands and Belgium) by the non-native western tubenose goby Proterorhinus semilunaris (Heckel, 1837) (Teleostei, Gobiidae). Aquatic Invasions 7 (2): 251-258. - https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2012.7.2.011
Verreycken H, Breine J, Snoeks J & Belpaire C, 2011. First record of the round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) in Belgium. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 41 (2): 137-140. - https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2011.41.2.11
Verreycken H, Geeraerts C, Duvivier C & Belpaire C, 2010. Present status of the North American Umbra pygmaea (DeKay, 1842) (eastern mudminnow) in Flanders (Belgium) and in Europe. Aquatic Invasions 5 (1): 83-96. - https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2010.5.1.10
Verreycken H, Anseeuw D, Van Thuyne G, Quataert P & Belpaire C, 2007. The non-indigenous freshwater fishes of Flanders (Belgium): review, status and trends over the last decade. Journal of Fish Biology 71 suppl. D: 160-172. - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01679.x

Contacts

Hugo Verreycken
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
email: hugo.verreycken@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2060-7005

Dimitri Brosens
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)/ Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116

Dimitri Brosens
metadata author
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) / Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
email: dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116

Hugo Verreycken
metadata author
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
email: hugo.verreycken@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2060-7005

Dimitri Brosens
user
email: dimitri.brosens@inbo.be

Hugo Verreycken
administrative point of contact
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
email: hugo.verreycken@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2060-7005