European Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Disclaimer

If data are extracted from the EurOBIS Data Portal for secondary analysis resulting in a publication, the appropriate source should be cited.

The downloaded data should be cited as: EurOBIS (2025) Basic Occurrence Data downloaded from. Available online at www.eurobis.org/toolbox, consulted on 2025-04-01.

Regarding the citation of the individual datasets, the following guidelines should be taken into account:

• If any individual data source of EurOBIS constitutes a significant proportion of the downloaded and used records (e.g. more than 10% of the data is derived from a single source), the individual data source should also be cited.
• If any individual data source of EurOBIS constitutes a substantial proportion of the downloaded and used records (e.g. more than 25% of the data is derived from a single source or the data is essential to arrive at the conclusion of the analysis), the manager or custodian of this data set should be contacted.
• In any case, it may be useful to contact the data custodian directly. The data custodian might have additional data available that may strengthen the analysis or he/she might be able to provide additional helpful information that may not be apparent from the provided metadata.

The data may not be redistributed without the permission of the appropriate data owners. If data are extracted from the EurOBIS Portal for redistribution, please contact us at info@eurobis.org.

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