Gulf of Riga

Statistics

Occurrence records 157,861
Species level 110,246
Species 442
Taxa 646
Datasets 28
Time range 1764 - 2018

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 6,626
No WoRMS match 12,671
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 6,124
No accepted name available 6,115

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 151,666 0
eventDate 7 0
maximumDepthInMeters 51,974 0
minimumDepthInMeters 51,985 0
occurrenceStatus 28 0
scientificNameID 5,820 8,466

Spatial issues

Records on land 10,662
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 0

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4,729
Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
3,753
Cladophora glomerata (Linnaeus) Kützing, 1843
Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae
2,646
Vertebrata fucoides (Hudson) Kuntze, 1891
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae
2,526
Acartia Dana, 1846
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2,517
Chironomidae
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Hexapoda
2,473
Eurytemora affinis (Poppe, 1880)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2,354
Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
2,321
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
2,294
Plagioselmis prolonga Butcher ex G.Novarino, I.A.N.Lucas & S.Morrall, 1994
Phylum Cryptophyta > Class Cryptophyceae
2,227

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
1 2016
Syngnathus phlegon Risso, 1827
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4 2015
Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
2 2015
Boccardiella ligerica (Ferronnière, 1898)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
2 2015
Eucampia zodiacus Ehrenberg, 1839
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
2 2015
Grammatophora marina (Lyngbye) Kützing, 1844
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
2 2015
Cylindrotheca gracilis (Brébisson ex Kützing) Grunow, 1882
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
2 2015
Cryptomonas ovata Ehrenberg, 1832
Phylum Cryptophyta > Class Cryptophyceae
2 2015
Metopa rubrovittata G.O. Sars, 1883
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
2 2015
Eupodiscus crassus W.Smith, 1853
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
4 2015

Data providers

Name Records
Tallinn University of Technology 77,176
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 62,781
University of Tartu, Estonian Marine Institute 61,820
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 47,272
Ministry of the Environment of the Estonian Republic 35,131
Tallinn University of Technology; Marine Systems Institute 30,116
Estonian Ornithological Society 16,651
Republic of Estonia; Estonian Environment Agency 9,965
Finnish Environment Institute 7,742
Tartu Ülikool 7,742