The UK OBIS Node is hosted at the Marine Biological Association (MBA) in Plymouth, UK. The MBA is one of the world’s longest-running societies dedicated to promoting research into our oceans and the life they support. Since 1884 we have been providing a unified, clear, independent voice on behalf of the marine biological community and currently have a growing membership in over 40 countries. We also run a leading marine biological research laboratory where many eminent scientists - including 7 Nobel prize winners - have carried out their research.
Contacts
Dan Lear
dble@mba.ac.uk
Chloe Figueroa Ashforth
chlfig@mba.ac.uk
Ellen Jones
elljon@mba.ac.uk
Kevin Paxman
kevpax@mba.ac.uk
Emma Seal
emmsea@mba.ac.uk
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| basisOfRecord | 132,992 |
|
|
| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 17,591,165 | 2,063 |
|
| decimalLatitude | 14,068 |
|
|
| decimalLongitude | 14,068 |
|
|
| eventDate | 4,140,393 | 12 |
|
| individualCount | 5,794 |
|
|
| maximumDepthInMeters | 15,388,108 | 132,994 |
|
| minimumDepthInMeters | 15,524,850 | 132,992 |
|
| occurrenceStatus | 6,404,996 | 11,678,891 |
|
| scientificName | 641,938 |
|
|
| scientificNameID | 424,900 | 1,531,256 |
|
The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO_DEPTH | 15,237,090 |
|
|
| ON_LAND | 7,408,620 |
|
|
| NO_MATCH | 1,352,124 |
|
|
| NO_ACCEPTED_NAME | 747,502 |
|
|
| MARINE_UNSURE | 214,133 |
|
|
| DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH | 93,561 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS | 19,965 |
|
|
| NOT_MARINE | 15,029 |
|
|
| NO_COORD | 14,068 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE_LOSS | 7,877 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_GROUPING | 1,698 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE | 1,595 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_UNRESOLVABLE | 869 |
|
|
| MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX | 315 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_NO_BIOTA | 41 |
|
|
| DATE_IN_FUTURE | 8 |
|