This resource has been made available to help close the gap in marine ecology data along the Namibian coastline. While originating from Kelp Blue Namibia's environmental management plan, the dataset has been extended with the intention of demonstrating the positive impact that cultivated kelp forests can have on marine biodiversity.

Citation: Kelp Blue (2024). Kelp Blue marine ecology - Luderitz, Namibia (2021-09 to 2024-09). Version 1.0. Kelp Blue. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/afrobis/resource?r=kelp_blue_marine_ecology_luderitz&v=1.0

Published: September 30, 2024 at 08:57

URL: https://ipt.iobis.org/afrobis/resource?r=kelp_blue_marine_ecology_luderitz

Theodore Batik
Kelp Blue

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Kelp Blue

10,445

occurrence records

1,314

measurements and facts

847

taxa

327

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	59		0.6%
decimalLatitude	59		0.6%
decimalLongitude	59		0.6%
eventDate	59		0.6%
maximumDepthInMeters	59	3,526	34.3%
minimumDepthInMeters	59		0.6%
scientificNameID	15	114	1.2%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	336	3.2%
ON_LAND	268	2.6%
MARINE_UNSURE	178	1.7%
NOT_MARINE	120	1.1%
NO_MATCH	74	0.7%
NO_COORD	59	0.6%
NO_DEPTH	59	0.6%

Kelp Blue marine ecology - Luderitz, Namibia (2021-09 to 2024-09)

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data