Name: imr_macroplankton_surveys
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

The Macroplankton dataset in the IMR plankton database contains macroplankton from the Norwegian and Barents Seas. The dataset includes small vertically migratory fish.

Citation

Bakkeplass, K. (2014). IMR Macroplankton surveys. Institute of Marine Research, Norway

Published

March 29, 2017 at 07:13

First registration

October 24, 2025 at 15:13

License

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

URL

https://gbif.imr.no/ipt/resource?r=imr_macroplankton_surveys

Archive

https://gbif.imr.no/ipt/archive.do?r=imr_macroplankton_surveys

Contacts

Arnfinn Morvik
Institute of Marine Research

Kjell Bakkeplass
Institute of Marine Research

5,342

total submitted occurrences

5,342

accepted occurrences

226

taxa

110

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	5,342	100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	188	3.5%
minimumDepthInMeters	245	4.6%
occurrenceStatus	5,342	100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_DEPTH	170	3.2%
MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX	83	1.6%
MARINE_UNSURE	15	0.3%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH	12	0.2%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	10	0.2%

imr_macroplankton_surveys

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data