Dataset

Benthic fauna in Estonian territorial waters 1993-2016

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Quantitative results of large invertebrates species/taxon biomass and abundance sampled during Estonian national monitoring in Estonian coastal sea, Baltic Sea. The samples are collected and treated in accordance with Manual for Marine Monitoring in the COMBINEprogramme of HELCOM.

Citation
Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu (2019): Benthic fauna in Estonian territorial waters 1993-2016.
Published
September 17, 2025 at 08:29
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License
URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=zoobenthos_estonia_93-16
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=zoobenthos_estonia_93-16

Contacts

University of Tartu; Estonian Marine Institute
University of Tartu; Estonian Marine Institute

Lara Podkuiko
Tallinn University of Technology

38,516
total submitted occurrences
36,813
accepted occurrences
62,866
measurements and facts
83
taxa
56
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 38,516
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 3,341
8.7%
minimumDepthInMeters 3,341
8.7%
scientificNameID 21
0.1%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 3,341
8.7%
NOT_MARINE 1,682
4.4%
ON_LAND 357
0.9%
NO_MATCH 21
0.1%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_HABITAT 21
0.1%
MARINE_UNSURE 4
0.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 2
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data