The general aim of this dataset was to investigate aspects of the practical potential of nematodes as pollution monitoring organisms. To this end, six stations with different scales of contamination were sampled for nematodes and compared.

Citation: Lambshead, J. (1978). Nematode data from the Firth of Clyde (Scotland). Natural History Museum (NHM), UK.

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:35

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

P John D Lambshead
Natural History Museum

Marine Biological Association of the UK
Marine Biological Association of the UK

Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum

1,299

occurrence records

106

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,299		100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Dropped	Records
ON_LAND		583	44.9%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME		21	1.6%

Nematode data from the Firth of Clyde (Scotland)

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data