Dataset

Finnish Baltic Sea benthic monitoring, POHJE database

EurOBIS MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The POHJE database includes data on benthic macrofauna, covering the Finnish coastal areas as well as the offshore areas of the Baltic Sea. The quantitative data mainly stem from the Finnish national monitoring program and statutory monitoring programs, but also data from surveys and research projects are included. In total the database contain aproximately 100 000 quantitative records including developmental stages, with a time span from 1965 to present. The database is regularly maintained and data is added continuously.

Citation: Finnish Environment Institute SYKE; (2018); Finnish Baltic Sea benthic monitoring, POHJE database

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:38

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=pohjedatabase

Finnish Environment Institute
Finnish Environment Institute

124,372
occurrence records
386,243
measurements and facts
387
taxa
153
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 124,372
100.0%
scientificNameID 6,510
5.2%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
MARINE_UNSURE 7,112
5.7%
NOT_MARINE 5,201
4.2%
ON_LAND 3,604
2.9%
NO_MATCH 3,152
2.5%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE_LOSS 2,187
1.8%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_HABITAT 1,273
1.0%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE 1,053
0.8%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 369
0.3%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 106
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data