Dataset

Zooplankton studies in the Southern Bight of the North Sea between 1971 and 1974

EurOBIS MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Qualitative and quantitative composition of the zooplankton community for 73 "Mechele" stations in the Southern Bight of the North Sea between January 1971 and December 1974.The data are digitized from technical reports in the frame of the 4DEMON project.

Citation: Bossicart M.; Daro M.H.; Mommaerts J.P.; Polk P; Laboratorium voor Ekologie en Systematiek. VUB: Belgium; (2015): Zooplankton studies in the Southern Bight of the North Sea between 1971 and 1974. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/5

Published: September 17, 2025 at 10:08

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=zooplankton_southern_bight_1971_1974

Marie Hermande Daro
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Jean-Paul Mommaerts
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

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

9,128
occurrence records
12,391
measurements and facts
49
taxa
15
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 9,128
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 71
0.8%
minimumDepthInMeters 71
0.8%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
ON_LAND 572
6.3%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 513
5.6%
NOT_MARINE 85
0.9%
NO_DEPTH 71
0.8%

Measurement types

DNA derived data