2001 - 2018 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) SmartBuoy Marine Observational Network - UK Waters Phytoplankton Data 2001-2017
This dataset consists of analysed phytoplankton data from the years 2001-2017 inclusive collected in UK waters from the SmartBuoy moorings at Celtic Deep, Dowsing, Gabbard/West Gabbard/WestGabbard2, Warp and Liverpool Bay using WMS and EDU automated water samplers. SmartBuoys consist of a 4 meter tall stainless steel frame with a fibreglass toroid for buoyancy. Instruments are attached at a nominal 1 meter depth to the frame. The water samplers collect into pre-spiked bags containing acidified Lugols Iodine on a pre-determined cycle over the course of a deployment. Following recovery these samples were analysed for a full community of phytoplankton species using the Utermohl method on high-power inverted microscopes. Phytoplankton cell counts are abundance values reported in Cells per Litre.
dataset
http://data.cefas.co.uk/#/View/19624/
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CEFAS24835e47-7fa4-41da-ba29-5b46373cb3dc
http://www.cefas.co.uk/
eng
OGP
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
https://www.cefas.co.uk/cefas-data-hub/smartbuoys/ http://cefasmapping.defra.gov.uk/Smartbuoy/Map
biota
revision
2011-03-25
publication
2008-06-01
publication
2008-06-01
-6.5
2.5
53.75
51
revision
2010-05-18
revision
2010-05-18
revision
2010-05-18
2001-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
2018-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
publication
2021-02-24
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These deployments form part of the National Marine Monitoring Programme (NMMP) funded by the UK Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). SmartBuoy phytoplankton data is primarily used for eutrophication monitoring and feeds into OSPAR and MSFD assessments. Buoys have also been deployed as part of short term (up to 3 years) research contracts. Phytoplankton samples have been collected using SmartBuoys since April 2001 at a variety of locations in the North Sea, Irish Sea and Celtic Sea. Blanks in the dataset constitute information which is unavailable and should be treated as missing. This dataset is now Version 2, which includes Size Class information per taxa and a .txt file to provide detailed descriptions for each column.
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Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply
Data Manager
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
+44 (0)1502 562244
originator
Data Manager
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
+44 (0)1502 562244
custodian
Data Manager
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
+44 (0)1502 562244
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