Dataset

Macrobenthos and Phytoplankton monitoring in the Belgian coastal zone in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)

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This dataset is the result of the monitoring performed with regards to the European Water Framework Directive for the coastal areas (1 mile zone). The following data is included:- Species composition, abundance and biomass of the macrobenthos of three communities (Abra alba, Macoma balthica, Nephtys cirrosa). - Phytoplankton biomonitoring, identification and enumeration of marine phytoplankton samples, with special attention to Phaeocystis.

Published: January 18, 2021 at 15:20

URL: https://ipt.naturalsciences.be/resource?r=idod_wfd

Serge Scory
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences

Thomas Vandenberghe
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences

5,918
occurrence records
21,197
measurements and facts
239
taxa
167
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 5,918
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 5,333
90.1%
minimumDepthInMeters 5,333
90.1%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 5,333
90.1%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 77
1.3%
NOT_MARINE 6
0.1%
MARINE_UNSURE 4
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data