Dataset

ICES Historical Plankton Dataset

EurOBIS MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Data from seven historical ICES volumes has been digitized and quality checked through a cooperative project between SAHFOS, ICES and the University of Plymouth (UK). Data include >13,000 plankton samples. Approximately 2000 taxa, many identified to species level, are included. The data are from a variety of cruises. Within EurOBIS and EMODnet, presence only values have been made available.

  • ICES Bulletin Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1901-1902
  • ICES Bulletin Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1902-1903
  • Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1903-1904
  • Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1904-1905
  • Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1905-1906
  • Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1906-1907
  • Bulletin Planktonique 1907-1912

Citation
ICES Historical Plankton Dataset (1901-1912). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010. Online source: http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk.
Published
September 17, 2025 at 09:11
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=ices_historical_plankton
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=ices_historical_plankton

Contacts

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

Abigail McQuatters-Gollop
The Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science

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

214,059
total submitted occurrences
207,957
accepted occurrences
442,353
measurements and facts
486
taxa
299
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 214,059
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 214,059
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 214,059
100.0%
scientificNameID 5,144
2.4%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 214,059
100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 26,045
12.2%
NO_MATCH 5,144
2.4%
ON_LAND 3,655
1.7%
MARINE_UNSURE 985
0.5%
NOT_MARINE 958
0.4%

Measurement types

DNA derived data