Dataset

Marine species recorded in Ireland during field surveys by EcoServe, Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd.

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This dataset contains data on marine species recorded in Ireland during field suveys by EcoServe, Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd.

Citation
Allen D., Beckett B., Brophy J., Costello M.J., Emblow C., Maciejewska B., McCrea M., Nash R., Penk M. & Tierney A. (2009) Marine species recorded in Ireland during field surveys by EcoServe, Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/485
Published
September 17, 2025 at 08:41
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=marinelife_ireland
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=marinelife_ireland

Contacts

Barbara Maciejewska
Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd

Roisin Nash
Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd

Dave Allen
The Irish Moth & Butterfly Group

Brian Beckett
Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd

John Brophy
Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd

Mark Costello
University of Auckland; Leigh Marine Laboratory

Chris Emblow
Polar Environmental Centre; Akvaplan-niva

Mona McCrea
Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd

Marcin Penk
Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd

Alison Tierney
Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd

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

6,000
total submitted occurrences
5,912
accepted occurrences
826
taxa
614
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 6,000
100.0%
eventDate 4
0.1%
maximumDepthInMeters 6,000
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 6,000
100.0%
scientificNameID 87
1.5%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 6,000
100.0%
ON_LAND 471
7.8%
NO_MATCH 87
1.5%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 49
0.8%
MARINE_UNSURE 24
0.4%
NOT_MARINE 1
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data