Time series of phytoplankton abundance and community composition collected with a monthly frequency at 0.5, 5, 10 and 15 meters in the Gulf of Trieste – time series station (station C1).

The time series station C1 (Latitude 45°42'2.99\"N Longitude 13°42'36.00\"E), located in the Gulf of Trieste in the northernmost part of the Adriatic Sea, is part of the Adriatic Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site . It is a shallow coastal station (17 m depth) located at 0.2 Km from the coast, at the outer border of the Natural Marine Reserve of Miramare , Trieste. Link: http://nettuno.ogs.trieste.it/ilter/GoTTs/c1_lter.html