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Estonia

Statistics

Occurrence records	423,693
Species level	291,568
Species	622
Taxa	926
Datasets	45
Time range	1764 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	20,972
No WoRMS match	20,948
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	17,848
No accepted name available	15,421

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	398,394	0
eventDate	41	0
maximumDepthInMeters	104,021	0
minimumDepthInMeters	103,975	0
occurrenceStatus	70	0
scientificNameID	5,315	18,219

Spatial issues

Records on land	37,873
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	492

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Phytoplankton composition, biomass and abundance in Estonian territorial waters 1993-2016 Published 2025-03-20	93,571
ICES Phytobenthos community dataset Published 2025-03-20	62,692
ICES Phytoplankton Community dataset Published 2025-03-20	41,175
Benthic fauna in Estonian territorial waters 1993-2016 Published 2025-03-20	36,479
Breeding avifauna of small Estonian islands and islets, national monitoring 1957-2016 Published 2025-03-20	36,241
ICES Zooplankton Community dataset Published 2025-03-20	28,446
Benthic flora in Estonian territorial waters 1997-2016 Published 2025-03-20	23,260
Mid-winter waterfowl count, Estonian national monitoring 1991-2016 Published 2025-03-20	17,859
Zooplankton biomass and abundance in Estonian territorial waters 1993-2016 Published 2025-03-20	15,341
Finnish Baltic Sea zooplankton monitoring Published 2023-03-09	10,359

Distribution

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

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

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Scientific name	Records
Acartia Dana, 1846 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	7,947
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7,845
Cladophora glomerata (Linnaeus) Kützing, 1843 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae	7,226
Chironomidae Phylum Arthropoda > Class Hexapoda	6,329
Gymnodinium F.Stein, 1878 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	5,847
Vertebrata fucoides (Hudson) Kuntze, 1891 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	5,731
Gammarus Fabricius, 1775 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	5,596
Eurytemora affinis (Poppe, 1880) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	5,505
Plagioselmis prolonga Butcher ex G.Novarino, I.A.N.Lucas & S.Morrall, 1994 Phylum Cryptophyta > Class Cryptophyceae	5,342
Teleaulax Hill, 1991 Phylum Cryptophyta > Class Cryptophyceae	5,143

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Gymnodinium stellatum Hulburt, 1957 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2021
Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	11	2018
Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	108	2018
Syngnathus phlegon Risso, 1827 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2018
Streblospio benedicti Webster, 1879 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	5	2018
Tubificoides benedii (d'Udekem, 1855) Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata	5	2018
Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	5	2018
Cryptomonas ovata Ehrenberg, 1832 Phylum Cryptophyta > Class Cryptophyceae	6	2018
Pseudostaurosira parasitica (W.Smith) Morales, 2003 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	6	2018
Sinelobus vanhaareni Bamber, 2014 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	17	2018

Data providers

Name	Records
Tallinn University of Technology	223,273
University of Tartu, Estonian Marine Institute	170,081
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	166,622
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	113,290
Ministry of the Environment of the Estonian Republic	108,912
Tallinn University of Technology; Marine Systems Institute	93,571
Estonian Ornithological Society	54,100
Finnish Environment Institute	26,638
Republic of Estonia; Estonian Environment Agency	23,260
Finnish Institute of Marine Research	10,359