Dataset

Benthic flora in Estonian territorial waters 1997-2016

EurOBIS MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Quantitative results of benthic flora species/taxon biomass dry weight and areal coverage sampled during Estonian national monitoring in the Estonian coastal sea, Baltic Sea. The samples are taken according to the Manual for Marine Monitoring in the COMBINE programme of HELCOM, annex C-8 and C-9.

Citation
Estonian Marine Intstitute, University of Tartu (2019): Benthic flora in Estonian territorial waters 1997-2016
Published
September 17, 2025 at 09:13
First registration
September 18, 2019 at 23:48
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License
URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=phytobenthos_estonia_97-16
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=phytobenthos_estonia_97-16

Contacts

University of Tartu; Estonian Marine Institute
University of Tartu; Estonian Marine Institute

Elen Neito
Republic of Estonia; Estonian Environment Agency

Lara Podkuiko
Tallinn University of Technology

Ivan Kuprijanov
Tallinn University of Technology

23,261
total submitted occurrences
23,261
accepted occurrences
35,913
measurements and facts
63
taxa
53
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 23,261
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 100
0.4%
minimumDepthInMeters 100
0.4%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
ON_LAND 278
1.2%
NO_DEPTH 100
0.4%
MARINE_UNSURE 7
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data