Dataset

MAR-ECO 2004

EurOBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

MAR-ECO (2003 - 2010) was an international exploratory study of the animals inhabiting the northern mid-Atlantic.

Citation
Wenneck, T. de Lange, Falkenhaug, T. and O.A. Bergstad. 2008. Strategies, methods, and technologies adopted on the RV G.O. Sars MAR-ECO expedition to the mid-Atlantic Ridge in 2004. Deep-sea Research II. 55: 6-28.
Published
September 17, 2025 at 10:13
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=mareco_2004
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=mareco_2004

Contacts

Institute of Marine Research; Norwegian Marine Data Centre
Institute of Marine Research; Norwegian Marine Data Centre

Odd Aksel Bergstad
Institute of Marine Research; Norwegian Marine Data Centre

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

Thomas de Lange Wenneck
Institute of Marine Research; Norwegian Marine Data Centre

Tone Falkenhaug
Institute of Marine Research

9,524
total submitted occurrences
9,510
accepted occurrences
720
taxa
702
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 9,524
100.0%
decimalLatitude 5
0.1%
decimalLongitude 5
0.1%
maximumDepthInMeters 395
4.1%
minimumDepthInMeters 395
4.1%
scientificNameID 9
0.1%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 395
4.1%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 237
2.5%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 120
1.3%
MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX 78
0.8%
NO_MATCH 9
0.1%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS 9
0.1%
NO_COORD 5
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data