The dataset comprises of distribution records of marine organisms reported from the Indian Ocean region gathered as part of the MLR Programme- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (IT IS)

Citation: Indian Ocean Biodiversity Information System (IndOBIS)- Distribution records of marine organisms from the Indian Ocean.

Published: February 12, 2021 at 10:02

URL: http://ipt.iobis.org/indobis/resource?r=indobisdataset-76001-78000

Chippy Khader
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology

Johnny Konjarla
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology

Saravanane Narayanane
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology

CMLRE
CMLRE

2,000

occurrence records

356

taxa

338

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,000		100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	1,797		89.8%
minimumDepthInMeters	1,860		93.0%
scientificNameID	14	28	2.1%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_DEPTH	1,797	89.8%
ON_LAND	332	16.6%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	53	2.6%
NO_MATCH	34	1.7%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH	15	0.8%

IndOBIS Dataset (76001-78000)

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data