Statistics
LifeWatch statistics
On this page you find a summary overview of the LifeWatch Belgium statistics. Several data systems and services of LifeWatch Belgium collect their own, more specific statististics, which you can find on the links in the sections below.
LifeWatch publications
The use of LifeWatch Belgium data and services in publications
- 2021: 1 318 publications
- 2022: 1 308 publications
- 2023: 1 482 publications
LifeWatch updates
Updates of the Species Information Backbone:
- 2021: 151 115 updates
- 2022: 203 473 updates
- 2023: 215 889 updates
This involves updates of the World Register of Marine Species and Marine Regions.
World Register of Marine Species statistics
LifeWatch Species detections
The number of species detections per year from the LifeWatch Belgium observatories
- 2021: 24 million species detections
- 2022: 13.7 million species detections
- 2023: 11.1 million species detections
These observations come mainly from the local observatories, using innovative techniques
LifeWatch open data generation
Number of datasets with newly published open data:
- 2021: 225 datasets
- 2022: 126 datasets
- 2023: 207 datasets
The LifeWatch Belgium datasets are available in the LifeWatch Metadata catalogue
LifeWatch ERIC metadata Catalogue