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Phytoplankton and environmental study in the Southern North Sea between 1974 and 1978
Citable as data publication
Smeets J.; Louis A.; Laboratorium voor Hydrobiologie. KUL: Belgium; (2019): Phytoplankton and environmental study in the Southern North Sea between 1974 and 1978. Marine Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.14284/340
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This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
Abundance of phytoplankton species and related environmental parameters for 8 zones in the Southern North Sea between October 1974 and October 1978. The data were digitized from technical reports in the frame of the 4DEMON project. more
A total of 2417 water samples were taken at different depths (0-5-10-15m) at 8 zones (4 East and 4 West) in Belgian waters between 02 October 1974 and 19 October 1978. The dataset provides information on abundances and densities (cell counts per liter) of the most abundant phytoplankton species and an overview is given on corresponding abiotic components to describe the dynamic and chemical character of the environment.
A total of 2417 water samples were taken at different depths (0-5-10-15m) at 8 zones (4 East and 4 West) in Belgian waters between 02 October 1974 and 19 October 1978. The dataset provides information on abundances and densities (cell counts per liter) of the most abundant phytoplankton species and an overview is given on corresponding abiotic components to describe the dynamic and chemical character of the environment.
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 > Phytoplankton, Water composition
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Environmental variables · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · 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 · Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) · Southern Bight
Geographical coverage
Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,7468; MinLat: 51,2973 - MaxLong: 2,7468; MaxLat: 51,2973 [WGS84]
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,7468; MinLat: 51,2973 - MaxLong: 2,7468; MaxLat: 51,2973 [WGS84]
Southern Bight Stations
[Marine Regions]
West1
Coordinates: Long: 2,9111; Lat: 51,2417 [WGS84]
West2
Coordinates: Long: 2,7417; Lat: 51,2556 [WGS84]
West3
Coordinates: Long: 2,5972; Lat: 51,2681 [WGS84]
West4
Coordinates: Long: 2,4028; Lat: 51,275 [WGS84]
Oost1
Coordinates: Long: 3,1972; Lat: 51,3431 [WGS84]
Oost2
Coordinates: Long: 3,175; Lat: 51,3431 [WGS84]
Oost3
Coordinates: Long: 3,0889; Lat: 51,4264 [WGS84]
Oost4
Coordinates: Long: 2,9611; Lat: 51,4764 [WGS84]
Coordinates: Long: 2,9111; Lat: 51,2417 [WGS84]
West2
Coordinates: Long: 2,7417; Lat: 51,2556 [WGS84]
West3
Coordinates: Long: 2,5972; Lat: 51,2681 [WGS84]
West4
Coordinates: Long: 2,4028; Lat: 51,275 [WGS84]
Oost1
Coordinates: Long: 3,1972; Lat: 51,3431 [WGS84]
Oost2
Coordinates: Long: 3,175; Lat: 51,3431 [WGS84]
Oost3
Coordinates: Long: 3,0889; Lat: 51,4264 [WGS84]
Oost4
Coordinates: Long: 2,9611; Lat: 51,4764 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
2 October 1974 - 19 October 1978
Two-weekly
Two-weekly
Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit volume of the water body [BODC]
Air temperature
Ammonium (NH4+)
Calcium (Ca)
Chlorine (Cl)
Chlorophyll c
Chlorophyll a
Chlorophyll b
Conductivity
Density
Depth
Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Iron (Fe)
Magnesium (Mg)
Nitrate (NO3-)
Nitrite (NO2-)
Organic matter (OM)
Oxygen (O) in gas
Oxygen (O) saturation
pH
Phosphate (PO43-)
Phytoplankton abundance
Potassium (K)
Sea-floor depth (below mean sea level) {bathymetric depth} [BODC]
Silica (SiO2)
Sulphate (SO42-)
Temperature in water
Transparency
Volume of sample [BODC]
Wind direction
Wind force
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit volume of the water body [BODC]
Air temperature
Ammonium (NH4+)
Calcium (Ca)
Chlorine (Cl)
Chlorophyll c
Chlorophyll a
Chlorophyll b
Conductivity
Density
Depth
Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Iron (Fe)
Magnesium (Mg)
Nitrate (NO3-)
Nitrite (NO2-)
Organic matter (OM)
Oxygen (O) in gas
Oxygen (O) saturation
pH
Phosphate (PO43-)
Phytoplankton abundance
Potassium (K)
Sea-floor depth (below mean sea level) {bathymetric depth} [BODC]
Silica (SiO2)
Sulphate (SO42-)
Temperature in water
Transparency
Volume of sample [BODC]
Wind direction
Wind force
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager
KU Leuven (KULeuven), co-ordinator, data creator
Louis, A.
Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Historical phytoplankton and environmental research data from the Laboratory for Hydrobiology, KULeuven, more
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
(Partly) included in:
Marine phytoplankton community composition data from the Belgian part of the North Sea, 1968-2010, more
Project
4DEMON: 4 Decades of Belgian Marine monitoring: uplifting historical data to today's needs, more
Funding BRAIN-be(Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks)
Grant agreement ID BR/121/A3/4DEMON
Publication
Based on this dataset
Smeets, J. (1980). Ekologische en fytoplanktonische studie van de zuidelijke Noordzeewateren (met inbegrip van geofysische en hydrodynamische gegevens). PhD Thesis. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL): Leuven. vol. 1-3 pp., more
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Dataset information:
Other:
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2020-03-06
Metadatarecord created: 2015-03-25
Information last updated: 2026-01-26
