Dataset

The meiobenthos of the Southern Bight of the North Sea

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This dataset, compiled in the framework of a Msc thesis, contains information on the meiobenthic communities of six different stations in the Southern Bight of the North Sea, together with information on a number of environmental parameters.

Citation
Huotong, C. & Vincx, M. (1986). The meiobenthos of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Ghent University, Department of Biology, Marine Biology Section (MARBIOL), Belgium.
Published
September 17, 2025 at 08:34
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Contacts

1,299
total submitted occurrences
1,288
accepted occurrences
218
taxa
150
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,299
100.0%
scientificNameID 11
0.8%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 29
2.2%
NO_MATCH 11
0.8%
MARINE_UNSURE 1
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data