Name: INRAM: Benthic fauna monitoring in Belgian harbours and Belgian coastal area
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This database contains data on population characteristics of the hyper- and epibenthos, sampled in the Scheldt estuary, Belgian coastal waters and Belgian coastal harbours.

Citation

Marine Biology Section, Ugent. Belgium. INRAM. Benthic fauna monitoring- SSD - Belgian Science Policy. Available online http://www.vliz.be/projects/inram/imers.php. [accessed on ‘date’]

Published

September 17, 2025 at 08:37

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

URL

http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=imram_benthic

Archive

https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=imram_benthic

Contacts

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

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

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

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

Belgian Science Policy
Belgian Science Policy

1,102

total submitted occurrences

1,085

accepted occurrences

157

taxa

129

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,102		100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	1,102		100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	1,102		100.0%
scientificNameID		17	1.5%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_DEPTH	1,102	100.0%
ON_LAND	193	17.5%
NO_MATCH	17	1.5%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	2	0.2%

INRAM: Benthic fauna monitoring in Belgian harbours and Belgian coastal area

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data