IMIS

ICES Historical Plankton Dataset

Citation

ICES Historical Plankton Dataset (1901-1912). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010. Online source: http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/2817

Contact: McQuatters-Gollop, Abigail

Access data

Archived data

Also accessible through:

ecosystemdata.ices.dk/HistoricalPLankton/

Archived file:

ExportedData.mdb

Availability:

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

Notes: ICES Data Policy: https://www.ices.dk/data/guidelines-and-policy/Pages/ICES-data-policy.aspx

Description

Data from seven historical ICES volumes has been digitized and quality checked through a cooperative project between SAHFOS, ICES and the University of Plymouth (UK). Data include >13,000 plankton samples. Approximately 2000 taxa, many identified to species level, are included. The data are from a variety of cruises. Within EurOBIS and EMODnet, presence only values have been made available.

ICES Bulletin Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1901-1902
ICES Bulletin Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1902-1903
Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1903-1904
Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1904-1905
Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1905-1906
Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1906-1907
Bulletin Planktonique 1907-1912

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 > Plankton

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal · ANE · ANE, Baltic · ANE, English Channel · ANE, Irish Sea · ANE, North Sea · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Plankton · PN, Arctic · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Arctic Ocean · Baltic Sea · English Channel · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel · North East Atlantic · North Sea

Geographical coverage

Arctic Ocean [Marine Regions]

Baltic Sea [Marine Regions]

English Channel [Marine Regions]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -13,4167; MinLat: 47,7667 - MaxLong: 49,75; MaxLat: 75 [WGS84]

Irish Sea and St. George's Channel [Marine Regions]

North East Atlantic [Marine Regions]

North Sea [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

1901 - 1912

1 August 1902 - 9 June 1912 (EurOBIS harvested data)