Dataset

Phytoplankton and environmental study in the Southern North Sea between 1971 and 1973

EurOBIS MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Abundance of phytoplankton species and related environmental parameters for 57 stations in the Southern Bight of the North Sea between January 1971 and June 1973. The data were digitized from technical reports in the frame of the 4DEMON project.

Citation: Rabijns M.; Louis A.; Laboratorium voor Fytohydrobiologie. KUL: Belgium; (2019): Phytoplankton and environmental study in the Southern North Sea between 1971 and 1973. Marine Data Archive. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/335

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:42

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=phytoplankton_and_environmental_study_in_the_southern_north_sea_between_1971_and_1973

Louis
KU Leuven

Rabijns
KU Leuven

KU Leuven
KU Leuven

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

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

17,228
occurrence records
26,455
measurements and facts
204
taxa
197
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 17,228
100.0%
decimalLatitude 544
3.2%
decimalLongitude 544
3.2%
scientificNameID 278
1.6%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 4,924
28.6%
MARINE_UNSURE 1,746
10.1%
ON_LAND 1,122
6.5%
NOT_MARINE 641
3.7%
NO_COORD 544
3.2%
NO_MATCH 278
1.6%

Measurement types

DNA derived data