Germany: Baltic Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records 639,830
Species level 596,535
Species 1,102
Taxa 1,692
Datasets 75
Time range 1839 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 2,357
No WoRMS match 8,563
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 2,886
No accepted name available 5,703

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 650,419 64
eventDate 160 0
maximumDepthInMeters 350,733 0
minimumDepthInMeters 334,504 0
occurrenceStatus 635 0
scientificName 1 0
scientificNameID 4,743 4,666

Spatial issues

Records on land 18,880
More than 20 km from shore 3
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 1,867

Top datasets

Dataset Records
ICES Baltic International Trawl Survey for commercial fish species
Published 2025-03-20
204,331
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS)
Published 2025-03-20
107,589
ICES contaminants and biological effects
Published 2025-03-20
84,852
ICES Phytoplankton Community dataset
Published 2025-03-20
59,607
Historical benthic data from the southern Baltic Sea (1839-2001)
Published 2025-03-20
37,527
ICES Eggs and larvae
Published 2025-03-20
34,144
Rügen Herring Larvae Survey
Published 2024-09-09
31,003
ICES Zoobenthos Community dataset
Published 2025-03-20
20,833
ICES Zooplankton Community dataset
Published 2025-03-20
20,317
N3 data of Kiel bay
Published 2025-03-20
8,943

Distribution

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

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
103,803
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
100,002
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
39,581
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
34,185
Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
27,152
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
22,893
Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
19,890
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
19,271
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
17,965
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
17,920

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Semibalanus balanoides (Linnaeus, 1767)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Thecostraca
1 2024
Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
2 2024
Diastyloides serratus (Sars G.O., 1865)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2018
Clausocalanus furcatus (Brady, 1883)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
13 2017
Protoperidinium achromaticum (Levander) Balech, 1974
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
6 2017
Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
6 2017
Mysta picta (Quatrefages, 1866)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
31 2017
Tryblionella coarctata Peragallo
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
11 2017
Plagiogramma brockmanni
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
9 2017
Gaillona rosea (Roth) Athanasiadis, 2016
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae
17 2017

Data providers

Name Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 599,513
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 568,144
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape 107,589
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre 107,589
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 107,589
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde 40,806
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences; Marine Ecology Division 10,087
University of Aarhus; Department of Bioscience 7,730
University of Aarhus; Faculty of Technical Sciences; Department of Ecoscience 7,730
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences 7,345