Dataset

DNA-derived biodiversity data from the False Creek Bioblitz, 2022

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False Creek is an urban inlet that runs through the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. From April to September 2022, the Hakai Institute and the False Creek Friends Society, in collaboration with the City of Vancouver and other local organizations, conducted a Bioblitz of False Creek. This initiative undertook community engagement activities (outreach, education and community science) and scientific initiatives to provide a comprehensive understanding of the biodiversity of the seafloor, the water, and the shorelines of the False Creek area in Vancouver. The False Creek Bioblitz combined several complementary methods for studying biodiversity including visual observations, video surveys, DNA barcoding, and the use of environmental DNA (eDNA). This dataset contains the eDNA-derived biodiversity data.

Citation: Lemay, M., & Kellogg, C. (2025). Biodiversity and Oceanographic data from the False Creek Bioblitz, 2022 (v1.0). Hakai Institute. https://doi.org/10.21966/8sgn-jg38

Published: March 18, 2026 at 18:16

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

URL: https://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/resource?r=false-creek-bioblitz-2022-edna-data

Contacts:

Matthew Lemay
Hakai Institute

Colleen Kellogg
Hakai Institute

Hakai Institute
Hakai Institute

False Creek Friends Society

33,248
occurrence records
33,248
sequences
260
taxa
103
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 33,248
100.0%
scientificNameID 10,254 2
30.8%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_MATCH 8,850
26.6%
MARINE_UNSURE 1,541
4.6%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 809
2.4%
NOT_MARINE 3
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data