Denmark: Baltic Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Denmark: Baltic Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,500,571
Species level	1,276,872
Species	2,520
Taxa	3,749
Datasets	118
Time range	1753 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,690
No WoRMS match	12,133
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	3,548
No accepted name available	12,279

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,418,505	92,984
eventDate	3,167	0
maximumDepthInMeters	205,891	0
minimumDepthInMeters	294,848	0
occurrenceStatus	2,236	0
scientificName	12	0
scientificNameID	10,961	3,115

Spatial issues

Records on land	12,831
More than 20 km from shore	1
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	732

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Danish benthic marine monitoring data from ODAM Published 2025-03-20	707,481
ICES Baltic International Trawl Survey for commercial fish species Published 2025-03-20	371,954
ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species Published 2023-03-09	91,760
ICES Phytoplankton Community dataset Published 2025-03-20	63,635
ICES Zoobenthos Community dataset Published 2025-03-20	60,990
ICES Zooplankton Community dataset Published 2025-03-20	38,651
Phytoplankton data for Danish marine monitoring (ODAM) from 1988 - 2016 Published 2025-03-20	24,732
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS) Published 2025-03-20	22,079
ICES contaminants and biological effects Published 2025-03-20	19,868
ICES Historical Plankton Dataset Published 2025-03-20	18,956

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	83,514
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	71,116
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	49,453
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	45,906
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	45,639
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	43,694
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	38,986
Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	29,893
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	27,495
Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	27,161

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Clymenura borealis (Arwidsson, 1906) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	6	2023
Haminella solitaria (Say, 1822) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	26	2023
Scopelocheirus hopei (A. Costa in Hope, 1851) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2022
Ebalia cranchii Leach, 1817 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2022
Hemilamprops assimilis Sars, 1883 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2022
Brada inhabilis (Rathke, 1843) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	2022
Cuspidaria obesa (Lovén, 1846) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2022
Odostomia acuta Jeffreys, 1848 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2022
Ondina divisa (J. Adams, 1797) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2022
Neanthes nubila (Savigny, 1822) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	2022

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	743,724
University of Aarhus; Faculty of Technical Sciences; Department of Ecoscience	710,251
University of Aarhus; Department of Bioscience	707,481
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	693,065
University of Aarhus; Danish Centre For Environment And Energy	38,775
Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut	32,086
Havs- och Vattenmyndigheten	31,653
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape	22,079
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre	22,079
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	22,079