LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by FlowCam imaging in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
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Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2025): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by FlowCam imaging in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. https://doi.org/10.14284/710
Previous versions (6) view Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2024): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by FlowCam imaging in the Belgian Part of the North Sea . https://doi.org/10.14284/650 Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2022): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea . https://doi.org/10.14284/544 Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2021): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea . https://doi.org/10.14284/527 Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2020): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea . https://doi.org/10.14284/424 Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2020): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea . https://doi.org/10.14284/416 Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2019): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea . https://doi.org/10.14284/330 Contact:
Mortelmans, Jonas Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
In the framework of the Lifewatch marine observatory a number of fixed stations in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS) are visited on a monthly or seasonal basis using RV Simon Stevin. A grid of nine stations covers the coastal zone and are sampled monthly. Eight additional stations, located further at sea, are sampled on a seasonal basis. Samples are taken using a 55µm mesh size Apstein net and fixed in Lugol's iodine solution. In the lab, the samples are processed using a VS-4 FlowCAM model at 4X magnification, size range imaged is 55-300µm. The identification of the image data is done with the use of a classifier and followed by a manual validation step. Since May 2017, this dataset provides micro- and phytoplankton observations, mainly covering diatoms, dinoflagellates and cilliates, for the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS). Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output Scope Themes: Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Biodiversity, Bio-geographical regions, Biological monitoring, Biota, Data, Environment, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Phytoplankton, research vessel, Sea regions, Simon Stevin, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), Bacillariophyceae, Ciliophora, Dictyochophyceae, Dinophyceae, Prymnesiophyceae Geographical coverage ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions] EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 2,2507; MinLat: 51,1818 - MaxLong: 3,2274; MaxLat: 51,8027 [WGS84] Temporal coverage
From May 2017 on [In Progress] Monthly Taxonomic coverage
Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit volume of the water body [BODC] Concentration of ammonium {NH4+ CAS 14798-03-9} per unit volume of the water body dissolved plus reactive particulate <0.2um phase by filtration and colorimetric autoanalysis [BODC] Concentration of chlorophyll-a {chl-a CAS 479-61-8} per unit volume of the water body particulate >GF/F phase by filtration, acetone extraction and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) [BODC] Concentration of phosphate {PO43- CAS 14265-44-2} per unit volume of the water body dissolved plus reactive particulate <0.2um phase by filtration and colorimetric autoanalysis [BODC] Count of phytoplankton Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] Electrical conductivity of the water body [BODC] Phytoplankton density Practical salinity of the water body by conductivity cell and computation using UNESCO 1983 algorithm [BODC] Temperature of the water body [BODC] Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data creator, data provider, data producer
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Child datasets: LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton annotated image library by FlowCam imaging for the Belgian part of the North Sea., more LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton annotated trainingset by FlowCam imaging in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more (Partly) included in: Presence/Absence maps of phytoplankton in the Greater North Sea, more Project
Publication
Based on this dataset
Lagaisse, R. (2024). LifeWatch Belgium: FlowCam sampling and lab protocol for imaging microphytoplankton in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Flanders Marine Institute: Oostende. 10 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.6qpvr8e6zlmk/v1, more
Perneel, M. et al. (2024). Seasonal metabolic dynamics of microeukaryotic plankton: A year-long metatranscriptomic study in a temperate sea. mBio Online first: 1-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00383-24, more
Amadei Martínez, L. et al. (2022). Corrigendum to "LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations in the Belgian Part of the North Sea". Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e81208, more
Hablützel, P.I. et al. (2021). Exploring new technologies for plankton observations and monitoring of ocean health, in: Kappel, E.S. et al. Frontiers in ocean observing: Documenting ecosystems, understanding environmental changes, forecasting hazards. Oceanography, Suppl. 34(4): pp. 20-25. https://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.supplement.02-09, more
Amadei Martínez, L. et al. (2020). LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e57236. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.8.e57236, more
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Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Release date: 2019-12-23
Metadatarecord created: 2015-01-20
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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