The Biological Reference Collections (CBR) are located at the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona. They were created in 1981, thanks to the efforts of Jaume Rucabado, Domingo Lloris and Concepción Allué.

Citation: Olivas González F J (2016): Biological Reference Collections ICM CSIC. Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC). https://dx.doi.org/10.15470/qlqqdx

Published: June 11, 2025 at 11:54

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=cbr-icm

Francisco Javier Olivas González
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Institute of Marine Sciences

10,534

occurrence records

1,436

measurements and facts

1,732

taxa

1,734

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	10,534	100.0%
eventDate	35	0.3%
maximumDepthInMeters	786	7.5%
minimumDepthInMeters	777	7.4%
scientificNameID	27	0.3%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH	1,100	10.4%
NO_DEPTH	777	7.4%
ON_LAND	582	5.5%
NO_MATCH	27	0.3%
NOT_MARINE	6	0.1%
MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX	2	0.0%

Biological Reference Collections ICM CSIC

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data