Benthos monitoring data from the North Sea between 1990 and 2002. The database was compiled from different sources, mainly under the "Biodiversity and Global Change" (BIGC) programme of the "Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research" (NWO).

Citation: Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility (NLBIF): Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (NL) - Benthos monitoring of the North Sea_ research database. Accessed via http://www.gbif.org/dataset/50361be0-d9cd-11de-b793-b8a03c50a862 on yyyy-mm-dd https://doi.org/10.15468/smncop

Published: June 11, 2025 at 12:48

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=gbif_9186

Universiteit van Amsterdam; Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Informatica; Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam
Universiteit van Amsterdam; Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Informatica; Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam

Rob van Soest

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

29,691

occurrence records

444

taxa

371

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters		29,691	100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	29,691		100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	29,691		100.0%
scientificNameID	2,810	309	10.5%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_DEPTH	29,691	100.0%
NO_MATCH	968	3.3%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE_LOSS	120	0.4%
MARINE_UNSURE	2	0.0%

University of Amsterdam (NL) - Benthos monitoring of the North Sea research database

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data