Dataset

Historical benthos data from the North Sea and Baltic Sea from 1902-1912

EurOBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

This dataset has been reconstructed from museum collections.

Citation: Rumohr, H., Historical benthosdata from the North Sea and Baltic Sea from 1902-1912. Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences; Marine Ecology Division; Benthos Ecology section, Kiel, Germany.

Published: September 17, 2025 at 09:04

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

Heye Rumohr
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences

Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences

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

Dirk Fleischer
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences

6,399
occurrence records
535
taxa
489
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 6,399
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 786
12.3%
minimumDepthInMeters 786
12.3%
scientificNameID 99 30
2.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 786
12.3%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 489
7.6%
ON_LAND 195
3.0%
NO_MATCH 129
2.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 26
0.4%

Measurement types

DNA derived data