Dataset

National Marine Monitoring Programme data set

EurOBIS MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The National Marine Monitoring Programme dataset describes the spatial distribution of contaminants in UK marine waters and their biological status

Citation: Whomersley, P., 2003: National Marine Monitoring Programme. Benthos data of the North Sea, Irish Sea, English Channel from 2002-2003. CEFAS, Burnham On Crouch, UK

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:29

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

Paul Whomersley
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science; Burnham Laboratory

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

Ruben Perez Perez
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

1,161
occurrence records
3,553
measurements and facts
210
taxa
142
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,161
100.0%
scientificNameID 6
0.5%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_MATCH 6
0.5%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 2
0.2%

Measurement types

DNA derived data