Russia: Baltic Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Russia: Baltic Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	61,663
Species level	55,897
Species	307
Taxa	436
Datasets	30
Time range	1880 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	854
No WoRMS match	5,581
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	610
No accepted name available	1,144

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	66,580	0
eventDate	80	0
maximumDepthInMeters	9,216	0
minimumDepthInMeters	8,941	0
occurrenceStatus	83	0
scientificNameID	1,355	4,442

Spatial issues

Records on land	17
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	116

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
ICES Baltic International Trawl Survey for commercial fish species Published 2025-03-20	42,238
ICES Fish stomach contents dataset Published 2025-03-20	6,073
ICES Historical Plankton Dataset Published 2025-03-20	3,315
Finnish Baltic Sea phytoplankton monitoring, KPLANK database Published 2025-03-20	2,231
Finnish Baltic Sea phytoplankton monitoring, KPLANK database Published	2,152
Data from: Rehabilitating the cyanobacteria – niche partitioning, resource use efficiency, and phytoplankton community structure during diazotrophic cyanobacterial blooms Published 2025-03-20	1,694
Baltic Seabirds Transect Surveys Published 2021-04-24	1,459
ICES Phytoplankton Community dataset Published 2025-03-20	740
Finnish Baltic Sea zooplankton monitoring Published 2023-03-09	380
Finnish Baltic Sea zooplankton monitoring Published 2025-03-20	299

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

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	20,305
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12,607
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8,019
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4,015
Mysis mixta Liljeborg, 1853 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	744
Saduria entomon (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	665
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	487
Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	445
Enchelyopus cimbrius (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	432
Nodularia spumigena Mertens ex Bornet & Flahault, 1888 Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae	386

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	44	2017
Synedra delicatissima W.Smith, 1853 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2016
Navicula gregaria Donkin, 1861 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	3	2014
Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock) Kirchner, 1898 Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae	4	2013
Cryptomonas erosa Ehrenberg, 1832 Phylum Cryptophyta > Class Cryptophyceae	9	2013
Planktolyngbya contorta (Lemmermann) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988 Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae	38	2013
Potamogeton perfoliatus L. Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	4	2012
Stuckenia pectinata (L.) Börner, 1912 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	8	2012
Chironomus plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Hexapoda	9	2012
Liparis liparis (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2011

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	54,932
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	52,892
Finnish Environment Institute	6,830
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science	3,315
Tartu Ülikool	1,694
Duke University	1,459
Finnish Institute of Marine Research	380
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences	290
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	61
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	61