Dataset

MAR-ECO 2003 - Arni Fridriksson

EurOBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

MAR-ECO (2003 - 2010)was an international exploratory study of the animals inhabiting the northern mid-Atlantic. Scientists from 16 nations around the northern Atlantic Ocean participated in research of the waters around the mid-Atlantic Ridge from Iceland to the Azores. This data set is subset of the data collected, and comprises presence/absence records for zooplankton and nekton, collected in 2003 on R/V Arni Fridriksson. Contact person Thorsteinn Sigurdsson, Marine Research Institute, Iceland, e-mail: steini@hafro.is

Citation
Hafsteinn G. Gudfinnson, Høgni Debes, Tone Falkenhaug, Eilif Gaard, Ástthor Gislason, Hildur Petursdottir, Thorsteinn Sigurdsson, and Hedinn Valdimarsson. 2008. Abundance and productivity of the pelagic ecosystem along a transect across the northern Mid- Atlantic Ridge in June 2003. ICES CM 2008/C:12
Published
September 17, 2025 at 09:09
License
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Contacts

Thorsteinn Sigurdsson
Marine Research Institute Iceland

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

1,066
total submitted occurrences
1,066
accepted occurrences
82
taxa
82
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,066
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 1,066
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 1,066
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 1,066
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data