Freshwater fish of the Netherlands, 1800-2019

Occurrence
Latest version published by Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Conservation Netherlands (RAVON) on Apr 29, 2021 Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Conservation Netherlands (RAVON)

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Description

This dataset of freshwater fish of the Netherlands contains the aggregated data of freshwater fish from different sources.

The data are gathered from multiple data sources such as water boards, provinces, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, consultancys, NGO's , volunteers and anglers. Part of the data is extracted from the Dutch National Database Flora and Fauna (NDFF), another part of the data comes from datasets delivered directely to Ravon for the assemblation of a dataset for the atlas of freshwater fish of the Netherlands.

The data are aggregated on a rectangular grid of 1 by 1 km2 and divided in three periods (1800-1979, 1980-2006, 2007-2019).

The data are validated by fish experts of the Ravon foundation.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 281,930 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

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Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Conservation Netherlands (RAVON). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: b76c6126-e1c2-4bc6-9394-2fabb8584a85.  Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Conservation Netherlands (RAVON) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility.

Keywords

Occurrence; fish; freshwater; Netherlands; occurrence; Occurrence

Contacts

Marjan Verdijk
  • Originator
  • Database administrator
Ravon Foundation
  • Toernooiveld 1
NL-6525 ED Nijmegen
Gelderland
NL
  • +31.24.7410600
Jeroen Creuwels
  • Originator
  • Data manager
NLBIF
  • PO Box 9517
NL-2300 RA Leiden
NL
  • +31.71.7519362
Jan Kranenbarg
  • Metadata Provider
  • Point Of Contact
  • Senior project manager
Ravon Foundation
  • Toernooiveld 1
NL-6525 ED Nijmegen
Gelderland
NL
  • +31.24.7410600
Niels Raes
  • Processor
  • Node manager
NLBIF
  • PO Box 9517
NL-2300 RA Leiden
NL
  • +31.71.7519362

Geographic Coverage

The Netherlands

Bounding Coordinates South West [50.1, 2.22], North East [53.87, 7.63]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1800-01-01 / 2019-12-31

Project Data

No Description available

Title Atlas zoetwatervissen van Nederland
Identifier RAVO171128is1
Funding NLBIF Grant

The personnel involved in the project:

Jan Kranenbarg
  • Point Of Contact

Sampling Methods

The data are gathered from multiple data sources such as water boards, provinces, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, consultancys, NGO's , volunteers and anglers. Part of the data is extracted from the Dutch National Database Flora and Fauna (NDFF), another part of the data comes from datasets delivered directely to Ravon for the assemblation of a dataset for the atlas of freshwater fish of the Netherlands.

Study Extent Waterbodies in The Netherlands
Quality Control The data are validated by fish experts of the Ravon foundation.

Method step description:

  1. The data are aggregated on a rectangular grid of 1 by 1 km2 and divided in three periods (1800-1979, 1980-2006, 2007-2019).

Additional Metadata

Purpose

Publication of new fish atlas of the Netherlands

Alternative Identifiers b76c6126-e1c2-4bc6-9394-2fabb8584a85
http://ipt.nlbif.nl/resource?r=ravon_freshwaterfish_atlas