Dataset

Littoral Monitoring Network of Cantabria (Invertebrates)

EurOBIS MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences

IHCantabria with the support of the Regional Government of Cantabria has been carried out since 2005 the monitoring of the coastal waters of Cantabria in accordance with the Water Framework Directive. Here is included the abundance and biomass of soft bottoms invertebrates obtained from field campaigns in the coast and the mouth of the two biggest estuaries.

Citation: Puente, A (2026): Littoral Monitoring Network of Cantabria (Invertebrates). IHCantabria - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria.

Published: May 20, 2026 at 11:18

First registration: May 19, 2022 at 17:20

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

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

Contacts:

Elvira Ramos
IHCantabria - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria

Araceli Puente
IHCantabria - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria

3,849
occurrence records
7,598
measurements and facts
416
taxa
233
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 3,849
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
ON_LAND 917
23.8%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 35
0.9%
MARINE_UNSURE 1
0.0%
NOT_MARINE 1
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data