Benthic Grab Information, Benthic Replicate Abundance data, Benthic Summary Data by station characterize the benthic grab data from samples collected in National Coastal Assessment (NCA) Estuaries. These data were collected from 2000-2004 for the marine coastal states of the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and the US territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
URL: http://ipt.obis.org/nonode/resource?r=emap
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Stephen Hale
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
OBIS Secretariat
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 173,109 |
|
|
| maximumDepthInMeters | 97,512 |
|
|
| minimumDepthInMeters | 5,564 |
|
|
| occurrenceStatus | 173,109 |
|
|
| scientificNameID | 2,526 | 449 |
|
The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ON_LAND | 46,926 |
|
|
| NO_DEPTH | 5,564 |
|
|
| DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH | 2,170 |
|
|
| NO_MATCH | 2,029 |
|
|
| MARINE_UNSURE | 1,206 |
|
|
| NO_ACCEPTED_NAME | 1,077 |
|
|
| NOT_MARINE | 547 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_HABITAT | 240 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE | 103 |
|