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LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
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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
Previous versions (2) view 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:
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 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. In the lab, the samples are processed with the VS-4 FlowCAM at 4X magnification, using a 300µm flow cell and appropriate 300µm prefilter, at a flow rate of 1.7mL/min and frame rate of 20fps. 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). Scope Themes: Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton Keywords: Marine, Biodiversity, Biological monitoring, Data, Marine Genomics, Phytoplankton, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) Geographical coverage ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
From May 2017 on [In Progress] Parameters
Count of phytoplankton, Phytoplankton density Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data creator, data manager
Related datasets
Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Project
LifeWatch: Flemish contribution to LifeWatch.eu, more
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-01-20
Information last updated: 2018-11-21
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