https://www.vliz.be//en/imis?dasid=1510 UTF-8 2026-04-27T00:00:00+02:00 EPSG:4326 European Ocean Biodiversity Information System https://www.vliz.be//en/imis?dasid=1510 The European Ocean Biodiversity Information System (EurOBIS) is a distributed system that allows you to search multiple datasets simultaneously for biogeographic information on marine organisms. The European Ocean Biodiversity Information System "EurOBIS" is an integrated data system developed by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) for the EU Network of Excellence "Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning" (MarBEF) in 2004. Its principle aims are to centralise the largely scattered biogeographic data on marine species collected by European institutions and to make these quality controlled data freely available and easily accessible. It is in essence a distributed system in which individual datasets go through a series of quality control procedures before they are integrated into one large consolidated database. EurOBIS is freely available online at <a href="http://www.eurobis.org" target="_blank">www.eurobis.org</a>, where marine biogeographical data - with a focus on taxonomy, temporal and spatial distribution - can be consulted and downloaded for analyses. EurOBIS acts as the European node of OBIS, the Ocean Biodiversity Information System of the Census of Marine Life (CoML). EurOBIS shares its data with OBIS, which in its turn shares its content with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee info@vliz.be Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee info@vliz.be Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee info@vliz.be Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee info@vliz.be Bio-geographical regions Habitats and biotopes Sea regions GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 Publication Attribution (CC BY) EurOBIS data. European node of the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (EurOBIS). Available online at www.eurobis.org. Consulted on yyyy-mm-dd. There are no limitations on public access to spatial data sets and services. Tabular English biota environment geoscientificInformation oceans XYZ ASCII online information about the resource online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another online information about the resource online information about the resource OGC Web Feature Service Download Service INSPIRE Download Service (WFS) OGC Web Map Service View Service INSPIRE WMS OGC Web Map Service View Service INSPIRE WMS online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE dataset and service metadata based on ISO/TS 19139:2007 2017-03-02 Publication This metadata set is non conformant with the Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE dataset and service metadata based on ISO/TS 19139:2007 false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Publication Conformance of this data set with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services was not evaluated Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output