OBIS China

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OBIS China is the regional OBIS node for Chinese region. OBIS China is responsible for collection, collation, and dissemination of data and information about the biodiversity of the China seas. Its main functions are to foster the on-line provision of marine species data from Chinese region into the OBIS portal, and to provide an access for Chinese users to the international OBIS data network. OBIS China is hosted by Institute of oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Mission and Objectives: OBIS China will manage marine biodiversity data from the seas of China, put data online, connect Chinese marine species data with the international OBIS network, and provide data service online. Spatial Coverage: Sea areas of China (including Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea) and adjacent western Pacific Ocean Temporal Coverage: From 1950s to the present Taxonomic coverage: Algae, protozoa, invertebrates, and fish Services offered: OBIS China will provide information concerning marine biodiversity relevant to regions of concern, and provide a local portal for submission and services of data request.

Kuidong Xu
kxu@qdio.ac.cn

Zhaocui Meng
mengzhaocui@qdio.ac.cn

25,858
occurrence records
1,251
taxa
847
species
27
datasets

Datasets

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
basisOfRecord 2,685
10.4%
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 25,810
99.8%
decimalLatitude 120 425
2.1%
decimalLongitude 120
0.5%
eventDate 15,032 797
61.2%
maximumDepthInMeters 25,858
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 25,858
100.0%
occurrenceStatus 15,032
58.1%
scientificName 169
0.7%
scientificNameID 15,091 1,422
63.9%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 25,690
99.4%
NO_MATCH 2,520
9.7%
ON_LAND 1,659
6.4%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS 1,306
5.1%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE 947
3.7%
NO_COORD 545
2.1%
LAT_OUT_OF_RANGE 425
1.6%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 73
0.3%
MARINE_UNSURE 51
0.2%
NOT_MARINE 48
0.2%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_FOSSIL 42
0.2%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_GROUPING 37
0.1%