Southeastern Baltic Sea Shallows - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Southeastern Baltic Sea Shallows

Statistics

Occurrence records	39,304
Species level	35,440
Species	349
Taxa	467
Datasets	20
Time range	1800 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,202
No WoRMS match	5,794
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	665
No accepted name available	820

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	37,261	0
eventDate	5	0
maximumDepthInMeters	12,478	0
minimumDepthInMeters	12,395	0
scientificNameID	456	5,539

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	119

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
ICES Baltic International Trawl Survey for commercial fish species Published 2025-03-20	14,765
Baltic Seabirds Transect Surveys Published 2021-04-24	8,999
ICES Phytoplankton Community dataset Published 2025-03-20	7,773
ICES Fish stomach contents dataset Published 2025-03-20	3,288
ICES Zooplankton Community dataset Published 2025-03-20	1,561
ICES Zoobenthos Community dataset Published 2025-03-20	1,469
ICES contaminants and biological effects Published 2025-03-20	552
HELCOM/OSPAR Ballast water observations Published 2025-03-20	261
HELCOM/OSPAR Lithuania ports water sampling Published 2025-03-20	259
Non-indigenous (NIS) and cryptogenic species in European regional seas and adjacent areas Published 2025-03-20	162

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5,647
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5,043
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3,437
Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3,240
Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,884
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,749
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,301
Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,100
Mysis mixta Liljeborg, 1853 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	582
Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	537

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2017
Fabricia stellaris (Müller, 1774) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	3	2016
Mytilus trossulus A. Gould, 1850 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	8	2016
Melosira arctica Dickie, 1852 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2	2016
Aphanothece castagnei (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1865 Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae	1	2016
Chaetoceros muelleri Lemmermann, 1898 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2016
Karlodinium veneficum (D.Ballantine) J.Larsen, 2000 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2016
Parapediastrum biradiatum (Meyen) E.Hegewald, 2005 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Chlorophyceae	1	2016
Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	17	2015
Ceramium tenuicorne (Kützing) Waern, 1952 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	12	2015

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	30,257
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	29,490
Duke University	8,999
OSPAR Commission	520
Helsinki Commission	520
Klaipėdos Universitetas	162
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences	95
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science	37
Finnish Environment Institute	30
Tartu Ülikool	30