This is a test site. The production site with full data is available at GBIF.org
{{nav.loginGreeting}}
  • Get data
      • Occurrences
      • GBIF API
      • Species
      • Datasets
      • Occurrence snapshots
      • Hosted portals
      • Trends
  • How-to
    • Share data

      • Quick-start guide
      • Dataset classes
      • Data hosting
      • Standards
      • Become a publisher
      • Data quality
      • Data papers
    • Use data

      • Featured data use
      • Citation guidelines
      • GBIF citations
      • Citation widget
      • Guides and documentation
  • Tools
    • Publishing

      • IPT
      • Data validator
      • GeoPick
      • New data model
      • GRSciColl
      • Suggest a dataset
      • Metabarcoding data toolkit
    • Data access and use

      • Hosted portals
      • Scientific collections
      • Data processing
      • Derived datasets
      • rgbif
      • pygbif
      • MAXENT
      • Tools catalogue
    • GBIF labs

      • Species matching
      • Name parser
      • Sequence ID
      • Relative observation trends
      • GBIF data blog
  • Community
    • Network

      • Participant network
      • Nodes
      • Publishers
      • Network contacts
      • Community forum
      • alliance for biodiversity knowledge
    • Volunteers

      • Mentors
      • Ambassadors
      • Translators
      • Citizen scientists
    • Activities

      • Capacity development
      • Programmes & projects
      • Training and learning resources
      • Data Use Club
      • Living Atlases
  • About
    • Inside GBIF

      • What is GBIF?
      • Become a member
      • Governance
      • Strategic framework
      • Work Programme
      • Funders
      • Partnerships
      • Release notes
      • Contacts
    • News & outreach

      • News
      • Subscribe
      • Events
      • Awards
      • Science Review
      • Data use
      • Thematic communities
  • User profile

Syke - Zoobenthos database (POHJE)

Citation

Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (2025). Syke - Zoobenthos database (POHJE). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/8kfnmu accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-22.

Description

The national benthic animal information system includes benthic data from inland and coastal waters produced by aquatic authorities and publicly controlled aquatic research institutes for benthic animal monitoring and surveillance. In addition, the system can also store the results of benthic animal studies conducted by other parties. Data quality: Names of persons who have identified the occurrences (det) is not shared to FinBIF. This information is available from the original source.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Animalia
    rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

Finland, Baltic sea

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jouko Rissanen
administrative point of contact
email: jouko.rissanen@syke.fi
FinBIF
administrative point of contact
email: helpdesk@laji.fi
What is GBIF? API FAQ Newsletter Privacy Terms and agreements Citation Code of Conduct Acknowledgements
Contact GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark
GBIF is a Global Core Biodata Resource