Size Density Relationship

The size density relationships web service calculates and describes the relationships between size (total biovolume and total carbon content) and density for any given combination of spatial, temporal and taxonomic level of observations.

The service works on datasets structured according to the Phytoplankton Data Template that can be selected by the GUI or uploaded by the researchers. The input file is in CSV format with some mandatory fields (density, biovolume or cell carbon content).

Before selecting or uploading the input file, users have to specify some parameters (e.g., the trait to be used for the size distribution, the taxonomic level for the size distribution and the spatial and temporal levels for the clusterization of data).

The web service provides as output a zip file containing two summary tables in csv format and a scatter plot.

Identification

Date ( Publication ): 2021-12-10

Status: On going / operational

Version: 1.0

Keywords: biovolume

Keywords: phytoplankton

Keywords: traits

Keywords: carbon content

Keywords: distribution

Keywords: size

Keywords: density

Access constraints: Copyright

Use limitation: Metadata records are freely available under a Public Domain (CC0 1.0) License; while the service is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

Creator

Italian Agency for the Environmental Prevention and Protection · Centro Regionale Mare (CRM)- Bari - Elena Stanca

Creator

LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre - Lucia Vaira

Creator

LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre - Maria Teresa Manca

Creator

Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), National Research Council (CNR) - Francesco Cozzoli

Creator

Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), National Research Council (CNR) - Jessica Titocci

Creator

Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), National Research Council (CNR) - Ilaria Rosati