LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea

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).

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Metadata Access https://data.blue-cloud.org/api/collections/820508c3-c4f9-40df-871b-c38c931f222b
Provenance
Publisher Blue-Cloud Data Discovery & Access service; EurOBIS - EMODnet Biology
Contributor Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Publication Year 2023
OpenAccess true
Contact blue-cloud-support(at)maris.nl
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Discipline Marine Science
Spatial Coverage (0.748W, 50.102S, 3.969E, 52.119N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2023-08-20T00:00:00Z