Ocean Biodiversity Information System USA (OBIS-USA) brings together marine biological observation data – recorded observations of identifiable marine species at a known time and place, collected primarily from U.S. Waters or with U.S. funding.
Mark Wiltermuth
mwiltermuth@usgs.gov
Mathew Biddle
mathew.biddle@noaa.gov
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| basisOfRecord | 1,265 |
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| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 18,287,277 | 644 |
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| decimalLatitude | 807,460 | 150 |
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| decimalLongitude | 807,442 | 157 |
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| eventDate | 709,908 | 489,567 |
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| individualCount | 15,990 |
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| maximumDepthInMeters | 8,599,968 | 641,365 |
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| minimumDepthInMeters | 8,458,330 | 632,068 |
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| occurrenceStatus | 2,462,347 | 1,495,506 |
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| scientificName | 60,058 |
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| scientificNameID | 3,565,072 | 608,002 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO_DEPTH | 9,085,074 |
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| DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH | 4,339,943 |
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| ON_LAND | 4,190,046 |
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| NO_COORD | 807,664 |
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| NOT_MARINE | 711,637 |
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| NO_ACCEPTED_NAME | 544,778 |
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| NO_MATCH | 438,361 |
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| SCIENTIFICNAMEID_EXTERNAL | 83,112 |
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| WORMS_ANNOTATION_UNRESOLVABLE | 44,689 |
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| MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX | 44,093 |
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| MARINE_UNSURE | 39,705 |
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| WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE | 22,057 |
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| DEPTH_OUT_OF_RANGE | 17,124 |
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| WORMS_ANNOTATION_NO_BIOTA | 1,470 |
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| WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS | 1,206 |
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| LON_OUT_OF_RANGE | 157 |
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| LAT_OUT_OF_RANGE | 150 |
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| DATE_BEFORE_MIN | 91 |
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| DATE_IN_FUTURE | 54 |
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| ZERO_COORD | 43 |
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| WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_HABITAT | 36 |
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