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LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by FlowCam imaging in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
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Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2024): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by FlowCam imaging in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. https://doi.org/10.14284/650
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Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2022): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea . https://doi.org/10.14284/544
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2021): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea . https://doi.org/10.14284/527
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2020): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea . https://doi.org/10.14284/424
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2020): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea . https://doi.org/10.14284/416
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2019): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea . https://doi.org/10.14284/330
Contact: Lagaisse, Rune ;

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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
In the framework of the Lifewatch marine observatory a number of fixed stations in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS) are visited on a monthly or seasonal basis using RV Simon Stevin. A grid of nine stations covers the coastal zone and are sampled monthly. Eight additional stations, located further at sea, are sampled on a seasonal basis. Samples are taken using a 55µm mesh size Apstein net and fixed in Lugol's iodine solution. In the lab, the samples are processed using a VS-4 FlowCAM model at 4X magnification, size range imaged is 55-300µm. The identification of the image data is done with the use of a classifier and followed by a manual validation step. Since May 2017, this dataset provides micro- and phytoplankton observations, mainly covering diatoms, dinoflagellates and cilliates, for the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS).

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Biodiversity, Biological monitoring, Data, Phytoplankton, research vessel, Simon Stevin, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Bacillariophyceae, Ciliophora, Dictyochophyceae, Dinophyceae, Prymnesiophyceae

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,2507; MinLat: 51,1818 - MaxLong: 3,2274; MaxLat: 51,8027 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
From May 2017 on [In Progress]
Monthly

Taxonomic coverage
Bacillariophyceae [WoRMS]
Ciliophora [WoRMS]
Dictyochophyceae [WoRMS]
Dinophyceae [WoRMS]
Prymnesiophyceae [WoRMS]

Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit volume of the water body [BODC]
Concentration of ammonium {NH4+ CAS 14798-03-9} per unit volume of the water body dissolved plus reactive particulate <0.2um phase by filtration and colorimetric autoanalysis [BODC]
Concentration of chlorophyll-a {chl-a CAS 479-61-8} per unit volume of the water body particulate >GF/F phase by filtration, acetone extraction and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) [BODC]
Concentration of phosphate {PO43- CAS 14265-44-2} per unit volume of the water body dissolved plus reactive particulate <0.2um phase by filtration and colorimetric autoanalysis [BODC]
Count of phytoplankton
Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Electrical conductivity of the water body [BODC]
Phytoplankton density
Practical salinity of the water body by conductivity cell and computation using UNESCO 1983 algorithm [BODC]
Temperature of the water body [BODC]

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata creatordata providerdata producer
Mortelmans, Jonas
Lagaisse, Rune
Muyle, Julie
Amadei Martinez, Luz
Deneudt, Klaas

Related datasets
Child dataset:
LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton annotated image library by FlowCam imaging for the Belgian part of the North Sea.
 
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Project
LifeWatch: Flemish contribution to LifeWatch.eu

Publication
Based on this dataset
Amadei Martínez, L. et al. (2022). Corrigendum to "LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations in the Belgian Part of the North Sea". Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e81208
Hablützel, P.I. et al. (2021). Exploring new technologies for plankton observations and monitoring of ocean health, in: Kappel, E.S. et al. Frontiers in ocean observing: Documenting ecosystems, understanding environmental changes, forecasting hazards. Oceanography, Suppl. 34(4): pp. 20-25. https://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.supplement.02-09
Amadei Martínez, L. et al. (2020). LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e57236. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.8.e57236

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-01-20
Information last updated: 2024-03-20
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