Dataset

Characterisation of the habitat of the Flemish banks, the maritime country banks and of the hinder banks on the basis of the hyper benthos communities

EurOBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The hyperbenthic community of subtidal sandbanks is described (density, species composition) and related to abiotic variables in order to get an idea about the habitats and the biota of the sandbanks.

Citation
Cattrijsse, A.; Verween, A. ; Marine Biology Research Group - Ugent, Belgium (2004). Characterisation of the habitat of the Flemish banks, the maritime country banks and of the hinder banks on the basis of the hyper benthos communities. http://www.vliz.be/nl/imis?module=dataset&dasid=153
Published
September 17, 2025 at 08:34
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=habitat_flem_bank
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=habitat_flem_bank

Contacts

André Cattrijsse
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie

Annick Verween
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie

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

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie

1,155
total submitted occurrences
1,151
accepted occurrences
142
taxa
126
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,155
100.0%
scientificNameID 1 3
0.3%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 14
1.2%
NO_MATCH 4
0.3%

Measurement types

DNA derived data