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Phytoplankton composition, biomass and abundance in Estonian territorial waters 1993-2016

The dataset contains abundance and biomass for different taxonomical units of phytoplankton (from phylum to species, according to identification accuracy) sampled from Estonian open and coastal waters in the Baltic Sea. Samples are collected with Ferrybox method (sampling depth appr. 5m) or by pooling samples from discrete depths (1, 5 and 10m) in national monitoring stations. Phytoplankton identification and enumeration was carried out using microscopy, biomass calculations were done using volume formulas provided by HELCOM-PEG (phytoplankton expert group) and published in http://www.ices.dk/marine-data/data-portals/Pages/DOME.aspx (PEG BIOVOLUME).

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Publication Date
2021-12-02
Title

Phytoplankton composition, biomass and abundance in Estonian territorial waters 1993-2016

Abstract

The dataset contains abundance and biomass for different taxonomical units of phytoplankton (from phylum to species, according to identification accuracy) sampled from Estonian open and coastal waters in the Baltic Sea. Samples are collected with Ferrybox method (sampling depth appr. 5m) or by pooling samples from discrete depths (1, 5 and 10m) in national monitoring stations. Phytoplankton identification and enumeration was carried out using microscopy, biomass calculations were done using volume formulas provided by HELCOM-PEG (phytoplankton expert group) and published in http://www.ices.dk/marine-data/data-portals/Pages/DOME.aspx (PEG BIOVOLUME).

Dataset Language

en

 
Dataset Creator
  Tallinn University of Technology; Marine Systems Institute

Dataset Creator
  University of Tartu; Estonian Marine Institute

Metadata Provider
  Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

BE

https://www.vliz.be
Dataset Contact
  Ministry of the Environment of the Estonian Republic - Asko Põder

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ANE, Baltic, Finland Gulf

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ANE, Baltic, Riga Gulf

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ANE, Baltic, Vainameri Archipelago, Hiiurnaa

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ANE, Estonia

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

19.2023

East Bounding Coordinate

28.008333

North Bounding Coordinate

59.916667

South Bounding Coordinate

57.616667

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1994-01-01

End Date

2016-01-01

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148899

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Bacillariophyceae

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:802

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Chlorophyceae

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146230

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Chrysophyceae

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Ciliophora

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:17639

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Cryptophyceae

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146542

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Cyanophyceae

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:19542

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Dinophyceae

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:19539

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Euglenophyceae

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246943

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Incertae sedis

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:17329

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Prasinophyceae

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115057

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Prymnesiophyceae

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

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Additional Metadata

describes

Extra metadata added by VLIZ to add parameter, platform info, as well as GBIF fields

Metadata

parameter

Phytoplankton abundance

parameter

Phytoplankton biomass

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2021-12-02T14:42:00+01:00

Hierarchy Level

dataset

Citation

Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu and Marine Systems Institute, Tallinn University of Technology (2019): Phytoplankton composition, biomass and abundance in Estonian territorial waters 1993-2016

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://www.emodnet-biology.eu/portal/index.php?dasid=6021

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://www.emodnet-biology.eu/toolbox/en/download/occurrence/dataset/6021

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://obis.org/dataset/c28a98ea-84bc-4930-8d82-778ed7402269

Physical

Object Name

Metadata

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
http://www.eurobis.org//imis?dasid=6021