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VLIZ observatory data: shipboard underway plankton biodiversity observations by flow-through imaging (Plankton Imager, Pi-10) in the Southern North Sea
Citation
Contact:
Mortelmans, Jonas ;
Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
The Plankton Imager 10 (Pi-10) is an advanced imaging system designed for high-frequency, high-resolution monitoring of plankton in the Belgian part of the North Sea, providing real-time data collection aboard the RV Simon Stevin. 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 > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Plankton, Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton, Water composition > Suspended matter - turbidity Keywords: Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Phytoplankton · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Zooplankton · Southern Bight Geographical coverage Southern Bight [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
From 16 April 2025 on [In Progress] Quasi continuous (< 1 min.) Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager, data creator
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LifeWatch: Flemish contribution to LifeWatch.eu, more
Funding FWO International research infrastructure
Grant agreement ID I002021N
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Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2025-09-30
Information last updated: 2026-04-02
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