Dataset

Ecoscope Observation Database

EurOBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Dataseries collected for tropical tuna fisheries and research of tuna and associated species.

Citation
Cauquil, P., Barde, J., Rodriguez, C., Chassot, E., Chavance, P. 2012. Ecoscope Observation Database. Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD). https://doi.org/10.15468/dz1kk0
Published
September 17, 2025 at 09:13
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=ecoscope_observation_database
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=ecoscope_observation_database

Contacts

Pascal Cauquil
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Julien Barde
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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

Céline Rodriguez
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Emmanuel Chassot
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Pierre Chavance
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

89,874
total submitted occurrences
89,673
accepted occurrences
262
taxa
199
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 89,874
100.0%
eventDate 89,874
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 89,874
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 89,874
100.0%
scientificName 45
0.1%
scientificNameID 2,430 5
2.7%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 89,874
100.0%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE_LOSS 2,105
2.3%
ON_LAND 1,711
1.9%
NO_MATCH 201
0.2%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_GROUPING 84
0.1%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 5
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data