Name: Historic data (1908-1963) of benthic macrofauna from the Limfjord, Denmark
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

This historic benthic macrofauna dataset was digitized and standardized by ICES iin the framework of the EMODNet Biology project. It contains data from the Danish Biological Station who collected quantitative samples of the benthic macrofauna on a yearly basis from a range of stations in the Limjord during more than 5 decades.

Citation

National Institute of Aquatic Resources (Aqua) - DTU, Denmark; International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark (2016): Historic data (1908-1963) of benthic macrofauna from the Limfjord, Denmark

Published

September 17, 2025 at 10:13

License

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

URL

http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=denmark_macrobenthos_1908_1963

Archive

https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=denmark_macrobenthos_1908_1963

Contacts

Technical University of Denmark; National Institute of Aquatic Resources
Technical University of Denmark; National Institute of Aquatic Resources

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

Jørgen Nørrevang Jensen
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

11,737

total submitted occurrences

11,734

accepted occurrences

11,737

measurements and facts

153

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters	1,305		11.1%
minimumDepthInMeters	1,305		11.1%
scientificNameID		3	0.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Dropped	Records
NO_DEPTH		1,305	11.1%
NO_MATCH		3	0.0%

Historic data (1908-1963) of benthic macrofauna from the Limfjord, Denmark

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data