Dataset
OBIS Canada DNADerivedData Open in mapper Explore occurrences
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
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 33,248 |
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| scientificNameID | 10,254 | 2 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO_MATCH | 8,850 |
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| MARINE_UNSURE | 1,541 |
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| NO_ACCEPTED_NAME | 809 |
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| NOT_MARINE | 3 |
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