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SmartBuoy Marine Observational Network - UK Waters Phytoplankton Data 2001-2017
Citation
Milligan and Bear (2019). SmartBuoy Marine Observational Network - Phytoplankton Data 2001-2017. Cefas, UK. V2. doi: https://doi.org/10.14466/CefasDataHub.58 https://doi.org/10.14466/CefasDataHub.58
Contact: The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (MBA-DASSH) ;
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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
This dataset consists of analysed phytoplankton data from the years 2001-2017 inclusive collected in UK waters from the SmartBuoy moorings at Celtic Deep, Dowsing, Gabbard/West Gabbard/WestGabbard2, Warp and Liverpool Bay using WMS and EDU automated water samplers. SmartBuoys consist of a 4 meter tall stainless steel frame with a fibreglass toroid for buoyancy. Instruments are attached at a nominal 1 meter depth to the frame. The water samplers collect into pre-spiked bags containing acidified Lugols Iodine on a pre-determined cycle over the course of a deployment. Following recovery these samples were analysed for a full community of phytoplankton species using the Utermohl method on high-power inverted microscopes. Phytoplankton cell counts are abundance values reported in Cells per Litre.
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, mooring, ANE, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Dinophyceae, Euglenoidea
Geographical coverage
ANE, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -6,082; MinLat: 51,25 - MaxLong: 2,335; MaxLat: 53,535 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
2001 - 2018
Taxonomic coverage
Bacillariophyceae [WoRMS]
Chlorophyceae [WoRMS]
Cyanophyceae [WoRMS]
Dinophyceae [WoRMS]
Euglenoidea [WoRMS]
Contributors
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Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), more, data creator
Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA), more, data manager
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2021-03-01
Information last updated: 2022-09-12
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