f8f3dc55-ec8e-4ad5-a392-8685c04d723f Phytoplankton monitoring in the Belgian part of the North Sea 2017-01-01 <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 Klaas Deneudt Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) klaas.deneudt@vliz.be Belgian part of the North Sea 2.5025 3.0244 51.2669 51.4586