Metadata Catalogue Metadata Catalogue https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.eu/ https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.eu//srv/eng/portal.opensearch https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.eu//srv/eng/rdf.search?any= eng Continents, countries, sea regions of the world. https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.eu//srv/eng/thesaurus.download?ref=external.place.regions ecoportal.fos_1.rdf https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.eu//srv/eng/thesaurus.download?ref=external.ecoportal.fos application/xml XML text/html HTML f8f3dc55-ec8e-4ad5-a392-8685c04d723f Phytoplankton monitoring in the Belgian part of the North Sea <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.700001px; font-family: -webkit-standard, serif;">Since 2017, monthly monitoring of phytoplankton communities has been conducted in the Belgian part of the North Sea. The monitoring aims to observe changes in phytoplankton abundance, diversity, and phenology over years. Sampling is performed using Apstein nets (55 µm mesh size), targeting water column habitats including sand bank systems and coastal waters.</span><o:p></o:p></p> North Sea phytoplankton monitoring <http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84> Polygon((2.5025 51.2669, 2.5025 51.4586, 3.0244 51.4586, 3.0244 51.2669, 2.5025 51.2669)) 2017-01-01 copyright Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) Klaas Deneudt