Dataset

MILZON-BENTHOS

EurOBIS MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences

MILZON-Benthos. In 1987-1989 the MILZON-Benthos (Milieuzonering) project did research on the spatial distribution of benthic animals (macro- en meiobenthos) on the Dutch Continental Plat (NCP).

Citation: van der Heijden L (2025). MILZON - BENTHOS

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:30

URL: https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=milzon

Luuk van der Heijden
Deltares

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

8,365
occurrence records
18,226
measurements and facts
241
taxa
216
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 8,365
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 8,365
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 8,365
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 8,365
100.0%
NOT_MARINE 9
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data