This database contains all the Belgian observations and strandings contained in the Belgian Marine Mammals database, which can be accessed on www.marinemammals.be.

Published: October 18, 2024 at 07:11

URL: https://ipt.naturalsciences.be/resource?r=belgian_marine_mammals

Jan Haelters
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences

Thomas Vandenberghe
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences

4,061

occurrence records

21,344

measurements and facts

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	4,061	100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	4,061	100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	4,061	100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Dropped	Records
NO_DEPTH		4,061	100.0%
ON_LAND		1,126	27.7%

Belgian Marine Mammals database

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data