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VLIZ observatory data: shipboard underway plankton biodiversity observations by flow-through imaging (Plankton Imager, Pi-10) in the Southern North Sea
Citation
Contact:
Mortelmans, Jonas ;
Availability: 
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
The Plankton Imager 10 (Pi-10) is an advanced imaging system designed for high-frequency, high-resolution monitoring of plankton in the Belgian part of the North Sea, providing real-time data collection aboard the RV Simon Stevin.
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Plankton, Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton, Water composition > Suspended matter - turbidity
Keywords:
Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Phytoplankton · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Zooplankton · Southern Bight
Geographical coverage
Southern Bight [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
From 16 April 2025 on [In Progress]
Quasi continuous (< 1 min.)
Quasi continuous (< 1 min.)
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager, data creator
Mortelmans, Jonas
Fernandez Muñiz, Carlota
Deneudt, Klaas
Decrop, Wout
Fernandez Muñiz, Carlota
Deneudt, Klaas
Decrop, Wout
Related datasets
Child datasets:
Plankton biodiversity data from MARCO-BOLO Cruise with R/V Simon Stevin in May 2025
VLIZ observatory data: an R Shiny application for validation of biodiversity observations from imaging sensors
phdEske: PhD thesis Eske, A.: Plankton responses to extreme climate events: zoo-and phytoplankton observations by imaging (Pi-10)
Pre-trained models and learning sets for classification of Southern North Sea plankton images collected by the Plankton Imager (Pi-10)
Project
LifeWatch: Flemish contribution to LifeWatch.eu
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Dataset information:
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Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2025-09-30
Information last updated: 2026-04-02
