Dataset

Motile Invertebrate Surveys - BC Central Coast

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This dataset collects data and information relating to mobile invertebrate surveys conducted in the rocky intertidal of Calvert Island BC, starting in 2016. Surveys were conducted using 5 permanent plots at each site, wherein motile invertebrate abundances were recorded within the whole plot and using smaller subplots.

Citation: Froese, T., Sadlier-Brown, G., Hessing-Lewis, M., & Gehman, A.-L. (2026). Motile Invertebrate Surveys - BC Central Coast (3.3.0) [Data set]. Hakai Institute. https://doi.org/10.21966/0052-wk15

Published: March 25, 2026 at 18:56

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

URL: https://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/resource?r=motile-invertebrate-surveys-bc-central-coast

Contacts:

Tyrel Froese
Hakai Institute

Gillian Sadlier-Brown
Hakai Institute

Margot Hessing-Lewis
Hakai Institute

Alyssa Gehman
Hakai Institute

Hakai Institute
Hakai Institute

13,018
occurrence records
5,284
measurements and facts
78
taxa
39
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 13,018
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 13,018
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 13,018
100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 6
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data