Name: BEWREMABI dataset: Belgian Shipwreck - hotspots for Marine Biodiversity: Macrofauna in vicinity of shipwrecks
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Data was gathered during BEWREMABI project (part of SPSD-II federal science policy programme) sampling campaigns. Macrofauna was sampled in the vicinity of shipwrecks using macrofauna core + scuba.

Published

September 17, 2025 at 09:11

License

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

URL

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

Archive

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

Contacts

Veronique De Maersschalck
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie

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

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

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

Belgian Science Policy
Belgian Science Policy

342

total submitted occurrences

331

accepted occurrences

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	342		100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	342		100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	342		100.0%
scientificNameID		11	3.2%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Dropped	Records
NO_DEPTH		342	100.0%
NO_MATCH		11	3.2%

BEWREMABI dataset: Belgian Shipwreck - hotspots for Marine Biodiversity: Macrofauna in vicinity of shipwrecks

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data