Name: Dispersal of pelagic organisms of the Belgian Continental Shelf
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Study of the dispersion and dispersal mechanisms of pelagic key species on the Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS). The focus of the dataset is on those species that have a pelagic life-style or have pelagic larvae, mainly clupeidae. The Belgian coastal waters are internationally very important areas for a number of sea and coastal birds. Studying the distribution patterns of the possible food sources (i.c. Pelagic fish) of these birds will lead to a better understanding of their spatial distribution patterns. Sampling is done with the Zeeleeuw R.V. Underway data is registrated in MIDAS.

Citation

Rappé, K.; Gheerardyn, H.. (2004). Dispersal of pelagic organisms of the Belgian Continental Shelf. Afdeling Mariene Biologie - Ugent, Belgium. Http://www.vliz.be/imis/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=24

Published

September 17, 2025 at 10:14

License

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

URL

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

Archive

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

Contacts

Hendrik Gheerardyn
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie

Karen Rappé
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie

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999

total submitted occurrences

997

accepted occurrences

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	999		100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	999		100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	999		100.0%
scientificNameID		2	0.2%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_DEPTH	999	100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	4	0.4%
NO_MATCH	2	0.2%

Dispersal of pelagic organisms of the Belgian Continental Shelf

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data