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Spatial and temporal distribution of phytoplankton off the coast of Portugal

Citation

Moita M T, Costa A M, Sousa Fernandes R, dos Santos Morais A, Vilarinho M D G, dos Santos A, Silva A D, Niza H, (2024). Spatial and temporal distribution of phytoplankton off the coast of Portugal. Version 1.6. IPMA - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera. Samplingevent dataset. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=ciclos_areas&v=1.6. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8700

Contact: Niza, Henrique ; Silva, Alexandra ; Dos Santos, Antonina

Access data

Archived data

Availability:

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

Description

The present phytoplankton dataset was obtained during a seasonal sampling cycle conducted over five surveys named CICLOS I to IV and AREAS aboard the R/V Noruega from IPIMAR, as part of the project “Ciclos de produção planctónicos na costa portuguesa e sua relação com os recursos pesqueiros”. The campaigns took place from August 85 to April 87.

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

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Africa, South, Acantharia, Chromista, Radiozoa

Geographical coverage

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -9,9; MinLat: 37 - MaxLong: -8,3; MaxLat: 41,8 [WGS84]

Africa, South [Marine Regions]

Taxonomic coverage

Acantharia [WoRMS]

Chromista [WoRMS]

Radiozoa [WoRMS]

Contributors

Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), more, data creator

Teresa Moita, Maria
Niza, Henrique
Silva, Alexandra
Dos Santos, Antonina

Costa, Ana Maria, data creator