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  <title xml:lang="eng">Belgian Marine Mammals database</title>
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    <individualName>
        <givenName>Jan</givenName>
      <surName>Haelters</surName>
    </individualName>
    <organizationName>Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences</organizationName>
    <positionName>Scientist</positionName>
    <address>
        <deliveryPoint>3de en 23ste Linieregimentsplein</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Oostende</city>
        <postalCode>8400</postalCode>
        <country>BE</country>
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    <electronicMailAddress>jhaelters@naturalsciences.be</electronicMailAddress>
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    <individualName>
        <givenName>Thomas</givenName>
      <surName>Vandenberghe</surName>
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    <organizationName>Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences</organizationName>
    <positionName>Data Manager</positionName>
    <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Vautierstraat 29</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Brussels</city>
        <postalCode>1000</postalCode>
        <country>BE</country>
    </address>
    <electronicMailAddress>tvandenberghe@naturalsciences.be</electronicMailAddress>
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        <givenName>Thomas</givenName>
      <surName>Vandenberghe</surName>
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    <electronicMailAddress>tvandenberghe@naturalsciences.be</electronicMailAddress>
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  <pubDate>
      2024-10-18
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  <abstract>
    <para>This database contains all the Belgian observations and strandings contained in the Belgian Marine Mammals database, which can be accessed on www.marinemammals.be.</para>
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    <para>To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the <ulink url="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode"><citetitle>Public Domain (CC0 1.0)</citetitle></ulink>. Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.</para>
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                    <calendarDate>1945-07-31</calendarDate>
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                  <calendarDate>2019-09-08</calendarDate>
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      <para></para>
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        <givenName>Jan</givenName>
      <surName>Haelters</surName>
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    <organizationName>Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences</organizationName>
    <positionName>Scientist</positionName>
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        <deliveryPoint>3de en 23ste Linieregimentsplein</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Oostende</city>
        <postalCode>8400</postalCode>
        <country>BE</country>
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