This CD contains part of the data from the Benthos Information system, the database of the Monitor Task-group of the NIOO.

Citation: Hummel H. 2004: BIS dataset of the south-western part of Netherlands (1985-2004). Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=599

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:32

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=largenet_n1

Herman Hummel
Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; NIOZ Yerseke; Afdeling Monitor Taakgroep

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

136,161

occurrence records

491

taxa

327

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	136,161		100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	136,161		100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	1,099		0.8%
scientificNameID		101	0.1%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
ON_LAND	46,458	34.1%
NO_DEPTH	1,099	0.8%
NOT_MARINE	310	0.2%
MARINE_UNSURE	104	0.1%
NO_MATCH	101	0.1%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	33	0.0%

BIS dataset of the south-western part of Netherlands (1985-2004)

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data