Metadata & completeness

OBIS species-level records

OBIS — Ocean Biodiversity Information System

123M

records · 2026-07-20

7.1 yr

doubling time

132M

projected 2027

Forecast

Exponential fitN(t) = N₀·e^{r(t−t₀)}

growth rate r 9.8% / yrdoubling time 7.1 yrR² (window) 0.7844fit window last 0 yr · 4 ptsforecast 132M by 2027

Fitted on the last 0 yr (recent trend), anchored on the latest value. Forecast runs 0.8 yr ahead — 10% of the 0-yr record. Shaded = 95% CI.

OBIS records resolved to species level — taxonomic-metadata completeness for marine occurrences.

How this is tracked

SourceOBIS — Ocean Biodiversity Information System

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