Dataset

Plankton&BenthosResearch

OBIS Japan Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Data extracted from manuscripts published in "Plankton and Benthos Research", a joint publication of The Plankton Society of Japan and The Japanese Association of Benthology. These manuscripts are available as Open Access pdfs at J-STAGE (https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/pbr)

Citation
The Plankton Society of Japan, The Japanese Association of Benthology (2018) Plankton&BenthosResearch at http://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/bismal/e/PlanktonBenthosResearch. Accessed on yyyy-mm-dd.
Published
April 24, 2026 at 07:23
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
URL
https://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/ipt/resource?r=planktonbenthosresearch
Archive
https://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/ipt/archive.do?r=planktonbenthosresearch

Contacts

Dhugal Lindsay
The Plankton Society of Japan, The Japanese Association of Benthology

1,860
total submitted occurrences
1,851
accepted occurrences
280
taxa
138
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,807
97.2%
maximumDepthInMeters 810
43.5%
minimumDepthInMeters 810
43.5%
scientificNameID 5
0.3%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 810
43.5%
ON_LAND 515
27.7%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 23
1.2%
MARINE_UNSURE 10
0.5%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 5
0.3%
NO_MATCH 5
0.3%
NOT_MARINE 4
0.2%

Measurement types

DNA derived data