Dataset

Analysis of macrobenthos in the Southern Bight of the North Sea (1971-1972)

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Species frequencies, density and biomass for macrobenthos sampled in the Southern Bight of the North Sea between May 1971 and September 1972 and sediment grain size data for all 60 sampling locations. Samples were taken using Van Veen grabs. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Govaere, J. (1978). Numerieke analyse van het makrobenthos in de Southern Bight (Noordzee). PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent: Gent. 220, 122 tab. [2 delen] pp.

Citation: Govaere J.; De Coninck L.A.P.; Coomans A.; Faculteit Wetenschappen. RUG: Belgium; (2016): Analysis of macrobenthos in the Southern Bight of the North Sea (1971-1972). (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5439) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/208

Published: September 17, 2025 at 10:12

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=macrobenthos_southern_bight_of_north_sea_1971-1972

1,856
occurrence records
74,784
measurements and facts
167
taxa
157
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 301
16.2%
maximumDepthInMeters 1,856
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 1,856
100.0%
scientificNameID 21
1.1%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 1,856
100.0%
ON_LAND 36
1.9%
NO_MATCH 21
1.1%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 2
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data