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

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=zoobenthos_estonia_93-16

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

Lara Podkuiko
Tallinn University of Technology

38,516

occurrence records

62,866

measurements and facts

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing
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	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%

Benthic fauna in Estonian territorial waters 1993-2016

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data