Dataset

Discovery data FI

OBIS UK Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The results of surveys conducted to determine the marine biodiversity of the waters surrounding the Falkland Islands and beyond, conducted by Discovery Investigations between the 1920s and 1940s

Citation: Discovery Reports, Volume XXIV, pp 1 - 196, plates I - III, November 1944

Published: June 20, 2018 at 09:53

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

URL: https://www.dassh.ac.uk/ipt/resource?r=discovery1924

Contacts:

Deborah Davidson
South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI)

Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (DASSH)
Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (DASSH)

Dan Lear
Marine Biological Association

Paul Brewin

3,023
occurrence records
589
taxa
575
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 3,023
100.0%
eventDate 8
0.3%
maximumDepthInMeters 17
0.6%
minimumDepthInMeters 574
19.0%
scientificNameID 3,023
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 178
5.9%
NO_MATCH 142
4.7%
ON_LAND 47
1.6%
NO_DEPTH 17
0.6%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 9
0.3%
MARINE_UNSURE 8
0.3%

Measurement types

DNA derived data