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 | 18,407,609 | 644 |
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| decimalLatitude | 870,700 | 463,806 |
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| decimalLongitude | 870,710 | 463,813 |
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| eventDate | 710,389 | 952,702 |
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| individualCount | 15,990 |
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| maximumDepthInMeters | 8,645,586 | 641,365 |
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| minimumDepthInMeters | 8,505,682 | 632,068 |
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| occurrenceStatus | 2,514,296 | 1,495,500 |
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| scientificName | 60,102 |
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| scientificNameID | 3,617,021 | 607,998 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO_DEPTH | 9,130,964 |
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| DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH | 4,335,494 |
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| ON_LAND | 4,224,224 |
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| NO_COORD | 1,334,594 |
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| NOT_MARINE | 746,358 |
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| NO_ACCEPTED_NAME | 544,761 |
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| LON_OUT_OF_RANGE | 463,813 |
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| LAT_OUT_OF_RANGE | 463,806 |
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| NO_MATCH | 439,479 |
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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 | 39,692 |
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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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| DATE_BEFORE_MIN | 89 |
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| DATE_IN_FUTURE | 54 |
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| ZERO_COORD | 42 |
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| WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_HABITAT | 36 |
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