Dataset

Benthic biodiversity along the central coast in the Brazilian EEZ (OBIS South America, BRAZIL)

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This work presents a characterization of the phyto- and zoobenthos from the continental shelf and slope of the central Brazilian coast, between Salvador, in Bahia (13°00 S- 38°31 W) to São Tomé Cape, in Rio de Janeiro State (22°12 S - 41°15 W). Samples were taken in 222 stations, during 4 oceanographic cruises (1996-2002). Sampling was made basically using rectangular dredges, Van Veen grab and a box-corer.

Citation
Lavrado, H.P. & Ignacio, B.L. (eds.) 2006. Biodiversidade bentônica da costa central da Zona Econômica Exclusiva brasileira. Rio de Janeiro : Museu Nacional, 2006.(Série Livros; 18) 389 p. ISBN 85-7427-014-8
Published
January 16, 2026 at 12:41
First registration
July 17, 2026 at 12:01
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License
URL
https://ipt.sibbr.gov.br/obis-brasil/resource?r=benthic_biodiversity_brazil_revizee
Archive
https://ipt.sibbr.gov.br/obis-brasil/archive.do?r=benthic_biodiversity_brazil_revizee

Contacts

OBIS Secretariat
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO

Alexandre Marino
Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental (CRIA)

6,994
total submitted occurrences
6,857
accepted occurrences
1,496
taxa
1,056
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 6,994
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 298
4.3%
minimumDepthInMeters 298
4.3%
occurrenceStatus 6,994
100.0%
scientificNameID 202 11
3.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 338
4.8%
NO_DEPTH 298
4.3%
NO_MATCH 137
2.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 4
0.1%
ON_LAND 3
0.0%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE 2
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data