Dataset

SeaWatch-B: citizens monitoring the Belgian North Sea from the beach (2014-2018)

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SeaWatch-B dataset (in Dutch) for the period of June 2014 to June 2018.

Citation
Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Vervaele, K.; Vanhaecke, P.; Van Landschoot, W.; Saevels, M.; Goossens, H.; Berkers, M.; Balcaen, R.; Coppens, S.; Vanden Eede, S.; Fabrice, A.; Willaert, M.; Nelen, L.; Colpaert, N.; Quartier, M.; Verbeke, D.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2020): SeaWatch-B: citizens monitoring the Belgian North Sea from the beach (2014-2018). Marine Data Archive. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/401
Published
September 17, 2025 at 09:11
First registration
December 10, 2020 at 03:00
License
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=seawatch-b
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=seawatch-b

Contacts

Jan Seys
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

Steven Pint
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

Katrien Vervaele

Paul Vanhaecke

Willy Van Landschoot

Marleen Saevels

Hilde Goossens

Marc Berkers

Rudy Balcaen

Solange Coppens

Sarah Vanden Eede

Aäron Fabrice

Marleen Willaert

Ludo Nelen

Nathalie Colpaert

Mia Quartier

Dominique Verbeke

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

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

10,304
total submitted occurrences
10,304
accepted occurrences
18,689
measurements and facts
58
taxa
48
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 10,304
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 10,304
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 10,304
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 10,304
100.0%
ON_LAND 1,297
12.6%

Measurement types

DNA derived data