Dataset

Marine species data for Scottish waters held and managed by Scottish Natural Heritage, derived from benthic surveys 1993 to 2012

EurOBIS OBIS UK Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The dataset comprises: species records from benthic surveys commissioned by SNH or projects where SNH were a partner and the outputs are under the custodianship of SNH. Additionally species records determined from SNH analysis of third party commissioned benthic survey video footage are included. The dataset contains surveys which contributed to the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) programme, EU-funded BioMar Life project, SNH Site Condition Monitoring including broad scale surveys in support of the Natura process, surveys to establish the impact of specific activities on marine habitats and species and surveys to support the Scottish Marine Protected Areas project.

Citation: Scottish Natural Heritage. Marine species data for Scottish waters held and managed by Scottish Natural Heritage, derived from benthic surveys 1993 to 2012. Scottish Natural Heritage, Edinburgh, UK. https://doi.org/10.15468/faxvgd

Published: September 17, 2025 at 10:11

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=nbn_ga000173

Scottish Natural Heritage - Headquarters
Scottish Natural Heritage - Headquarters

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

Marine Biological Association of the UK
Marine Biological Association of the UK

National Biodiversity Network Trust
National Biodiversity Network Trust

93,450
occurrence records
2,430
taxa
1,663
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
eventDate 9,103
9.7%
maximumDepthInMeters 93,450
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 93,450
100.0%
scientificNameID 2,413 90
2.7%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 93,450
100.0%
ON_LAND 13,121
14.0%
NO_MATCH 2,293
2.5%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS 1,523
1.6%
MARINE_UNSURE 694
0.7%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_GROUPING 354
0.4%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 107
0.1%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE 55
0.1%
NOT_MARINE 5
0.0%
DATE_IN_FUTURE 2
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data