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SHARK - Regional monitoring, recipient control and monitoring projects of phytoplankton in Sweden since 1985
Citation
Swedish county administration boards, Swedish municipalities, Swedish coalitions of water conservation, and Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute et.al.(2021). Regional monitoring and monitoring projects of phytoplankton in Sweden since 1985. https://doi.org/10.15468/bkzpdj
Contact: Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), more
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Availability: CC0 To the extent possible under law, the person who associated CC0 with this dataset has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset.
Description
Phytolankton have been regionally monitored in Sweden since 1985. The monitoring is financed by the Swedish county administration boards, Swedish municipalities and Swedish coalitions of water conservation. Recipient control data financed by companies are also included. Monitoring is performed by Swedish universities and consulting firms. Data are stored in the Swedish Ocean Archive database (SHARK), by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Data are collected and analyzed according to the HELCOM COMBINE Manual - Part C Annex C6 Monitoring of phytoplankton species composition, abundance and biomass (https://www.helcom.fi/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Guidelines-for-monitoring-phytoplankton-species-composition-abundance-and-biomass.pdf) or similar methods. more

In short, analysis of phytoplankton species composition, abundance and biomass is carried out for the following purposes - to describe temporal trends in phytoplankton species composition, phytoplankton abundance, biomass as well as the intensity and occurrence of blooms - to describe the spatial distribution of phytoplankton species - to identify key phytoplankton species (e.g. dominating, harmful, potential non-indigenous and/or invasive species, as well as indicator species) - to provide basic data for complex ecosystem analyses, food web studies, modelling as well as political and social requirements such as indicators in the frame of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive of the European Union (MSFD; European Union 2008) and the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD; European Union 2000) (HELCOM COMBINE Manual https://www.helcom.fi/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Guidelines-for-monitoring-phytoplankton-species-composition-abundance-and-biomass.pdf) Information about the program and the methods are also available in Swedish at https://www.havochvatten.se/overvakning-och-uppfoljning/miljoovervakning/marin-miljoovervakning/vaxtplankton-bakterieplankton-och-blomning.html Data are collected and analyzed according to the HELCOM COMBINE Manual - Part C Annex C6 Monitoring of phytoplankton species composition, abundance and biomass (https://www.helcom.fi/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Guidelines-for-monitoring-phytoplankton-species-composition-abundance-and-biomass.pdf) or similar methods.
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 · ANE, Baltic · ANE, Kattegat · ANE, Skagerrak · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · HELCOM · Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Regional Sea Conventions (RSC) · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Baltic Sea · Kattegat · Skagerrak · Bacillariophyceae · Chlorophyceae · Choanoflagellatea · Chrysophyceae · Cryptophyceae · Cyanophyceae · Dictyochophyceae · Dinophyceae · Euglenoidea · Prasinophyceae · Prymnesiophyceae · Ulvophyceae
Geographical coverage
Baltic Sea [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 11,0533; MinLat: 55,2499 - MaxLong: 24,1436; MaxLat: 65,8885 [WGS84]
Kattegat [Marine Regions]
Skagerrak [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
From 17 June 1985 on [In Progress]
17 June 1985 - 19 December 2023 (EurOBIS harvested data)
Taxonomic coverage
Bacillariophyceae [WoRMS]
Chlorophyceae [WoRMS]
Choanoflagellatea [WoRMS]
Chrysophyceae [WoRMS]
Cryptophyceae [WoRMS]
Cyanophyceae [WoRMS]
Dictyochophyceae [WoRMS]
Dinophyceae [WoRMS]
Euglenoidea [WoRMS]
Prasinophyceae [WoRMS]
Prymnesiophyceae [WoRMS]
Ulvophyceae [WoRMS]
Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit volume of the water body [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Sea-floor depth (below instantaneous sea level) {bathymetric depth} in the water body [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Size class (calculated) of biological entity specified elsewhere in the water body by calculation using the HELCOME COMBINE guidelines [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Size of sample collector (mesh) {mesh size} [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Speed of wind {wind speed} in the atmosphere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Visibility in the water body by Secchi disk [BODC]
Volume of sample from the water body [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Contributors
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), more, data creator
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
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Dataset information:
Other:
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Release date: 2021-07-13
Metadatarecord created: 2021-04-29
Information last updated: 2026-01-26
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