Long term measurements of benthos composition in the Eastern Scheldt. Conducted by Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research for scientific purposes (1959-2015).

Citation: NIOZ (2023) Benthos Oosterschelde 1959-2015

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:41

URL: https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=benthosos

Karline Soetaert
Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee

Adri Knuijt
Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee

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

24,941

occurrence records

75,186

measurements and facts

322

taxa

218

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	24,941	100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	2,061	8.3%
minimumDepthInMeters	2,061	8.3%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
ON_LAND	5,789	23.2%
NO_DEPTH	2,061	8.3%
MARINE_UNSURE	129	0.5%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	14	0.1%

Benthos Oosterschelde 1959-2015

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data