Dataset

Demersal and mega-benthic species from the MEDITS (Mediterranean International Trawl Survey) project on the Spanish continental shelf between 1994 and 2009

EurOBIS MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Data on demersal and mega-benthic species were sampled in the context of the MEDITS suveys carried out on the Spanish Mediterranean continental shelf since 1994. MEDITS is a program of bottom trawl surveys developed annually in the Mediterranean, in which all the participants use the same gear, sampling protocol and methodology, with the objective to evaluate the abundance and distribution of stocks, independently of the data provided by commercial fisheries, and to assess the impact of the fishing activity on the environment.

Citation: Massuti, Enric; García, Cristina; Guijarro, Beatriz; Quetglas, Antoni; Gil de Sola, Luis; Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO); Spain; (2017): Demersal and mega-benthic species from the MEDITS (Mediterranean International Bottom Trawl Survey) program at the Spanish continental shelf and upper slope between 1994 and 2009. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/420

Published: June 11, 2025 at 11:48

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=medits-spain-v2

79,763
occurrence records
250,310
measurements and facts
874
taxa
732
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 637
0.8%
minimumDepthInMeters 637
0.8%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 909
1.1%
NO_DEPTH 637
0.8%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 101
0.1%
ON_LAND 36
0.0%
MARINE_UNSURE 1
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data