Dataset

Plymouth sound dataset. Soft sediment macrobenthos from the Plymouth Sound from 1995

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The intended use of this dataset of the Plymouth Sound was the description of small-scale spatial patterns in soft sediment fauna. 44 stations were sampled for macrofauna around the British Isles during the period of July and August 1995

Citation: Kendall, M., S. Widdicombe, 1999: Plymouth sound dataset. Soft sediment macrobenthos from the Plymouth Sound from 1995. Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/297

Published: September 17, 2025 at 09:13

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

Steve Widdicombe
Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Plymouth Marine Laboratory

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

Ruben Perez Perez
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

1,343
occurrence records
4,029
measurements and facts
127
taxa
112
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,343
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 1,343
100.0%
ON_LAND 1,343
100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 12
0.9%

Measurement types

DNA derived data