Dataset

DFO Quebec Region MLI museum collection

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Marine organism collection of the Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. / Collection des organismes marins de l'Institut Maurice-Lamontage, Pêches et Océans Canada.

Citation: Miller R, Nozères C (2025). DFO Quebec Region MLI museum collection. Version 3.27. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Occurrence dataset. http://iobis.org/mapper/?resource_id=2673

Published: December 14, 2025 at 01:51

URL: http://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/resource?r=dfo_que_mli_museum

12,975
occurrence records
1,889
taxa
1,543
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 12,975
100.0%
decimalLatitude 1,789 4
13.8%
decimalLongitude 1,789 4
13.8%
eventDate 1,471 11,484
99.8%
individualCount 2
0.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 4,320
33.3%
minimumDepthInMeters 4,323
33.3%
occurrenceStatus 12,975
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 4,320
33.3%
NO_COORD 1,793
13.8%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 1,651
12.7%
ON_LAND 471
3.6%
NOT_MARINE 54
0.4%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 22
0.2%
LAT_OUT_OF_RANGE 4
0.0%
LON_OUT_OF_RANGE 4
0.0%
MARINE_UNSURE 2
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data