Name: A comparison of benthic biodiversity in the North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Seas - Epifauna
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Comparison dataset of Animalia in the North Sea, the English Channel and the Celtic Sea.

Citation

Rees, H.L. et al. A comparison of benthic biodiversity in the North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Seas - Epifauna. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science; Burnham Laboratory, 12 Apr 2005, Essex, UK.

Published

September 17, 2025 at 08:58

License

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

URL

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

Archive

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

Contacts

Hubert Rees
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science; Burnham Laboratory

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science; Burnham Laboratory
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science; Burnham Laboratory

Marine Biological Association of the UK
Marine Biological Association of the UK

2,589

total submitted occurrences

2,586

accepted occurrences

404

taxa

387

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,589		100.0%
scientificNameID		3	0.1%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Dropped	Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME		22	0.8%
NO_MATCH		3	0.1%

A comparison of benthic biodiversity in the North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Seas - Epifauna

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data