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 | 1,266 |
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| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 18,986,293 | 646 |
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| decimalLatitude | 808,186 | 150 |
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| decimalLongitude | 808,166 | 157 |
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| eventDate | 710,180 | 490,880 |
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| individualCount | 15,990 |
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| maximumDepthInMeters | 8,607,417 | 641,365 |
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| minimumDepthInMeters | 8,465,301 | 632,068 |
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| occurrenceStatus | 2,470,379 | 1,495,509 |
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| scientificName | 60,061 |
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| scientificNameID | 3,570,649 | 608,255 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO_DEPTH | 9,092,037 |
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| DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH | 4,363,600 |
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| ON_LAND | 4,193,230 |
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| NO_ACCEPTED_NAME | 900,083 |
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| NO_COORD | 808,390 |
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| NOT_MARINE | 714,929 |
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| NO_MATCH | 438,917 |
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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 | 40,463 |
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| WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE | 22,035 |
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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 | 1,208 |
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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 | 92 |
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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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