Atlas of Danish Fishes

Peter Rask Møller

doi:10.15468/gekzst

Atlas of Danish Fishes

Citation

Rask Møller P (2016). Atlas of Danish Fishes. Version 2.1. Natural History Museum of Denmark. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/gekzst accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-13.

Description

The national survey "Atlas of Danish Fishes" began in 2006. The project is carried out as collaboration between the Natural History Museum of Denmark (University of Copenhagen) and DTU Aqua (National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)). In the years 2006-2009, the survey focused on gathering information on freshwater fishes. As a result of the first phase of the project, a comprehensive book (in Danish) was published in 2012: Atlas of Danish freshwater fishes, ISBN-13: 9788787519748. Since 2009, mapping of saltwater fishes has first priority. Data is still collected on fish species occurrences in all Danish waters - both fresh and salt water. The Aage V. Jensen Foundations fund the project. This dataset presents general occurrences of species of Danish fresh water fish, recorded in a given UTM quadrant, in a given year. UTM quadrants have been converted to a decimal degree latitude-longitude center-point with a coordinate uncertainty of 5km.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Fish

Agnatha
common name: Jawless fish rank: superclass
Chondrichthyes
common name: Cartilaginous fish rank: class
Actinopterygii
common name: Ray-finned fish rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Denmark

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Peter Rask Møller
originator
position: Associate Professor
Natural History Museum of Denmark
DK
email: pdrmoller@snm.ku.dk

Peter Rask Møller
metadata author
position: Associate Professor
Natural History Museum of Denmark
DK
email: pdrmoller@snm.ku.dk

Peter Rask Møller
administrative point of contact
position: Associate Professor
Natural History Museum of Denmark
DK
email: pdrmoller@snm.ku.dk