Dataset

Protistan plankton time series from the northern Salish Sea and central coast, British Columbia, Canada

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The Hakai Institute Oceanography Program has been monitoring surface (0-1 or 5m depth) protistan plankton community composition, via optical microscopy, at multiple time series stations in the northern Salish Sea (Strait of Georgia) and central coast of British Columbia since 2016 and 2019, respectively. Data were collected to characterize and monitor phytoplankton community composition and investigate links to environmental drivers, the food web and carbon dynamics. Additionally, data were used to support group level phytoplankton composition derived via HPLC phytoplankton pigment analysis, compare with particulate organic matter fatty acid composition and validate remote sensing products.

Citation: Del Bel Belluz J (2024). Protistan plankton time series from the northern Salish Sea and central coast, British Columbia, Canada. Version 1.4. Hakai Institute. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/resource?r=hakai_protistan_plankton_qu39&v=1.4

Published: June 17, 2024 at 22:54

URL: http://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/resource?r=hakai_protistan_plankton_qu39

Justin Del Bel Belluz
Hakai Institute

12,686
occurrence records
13,288
measurements and facts
157
taxa
101
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 12,686
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 1,686
13.3%
MARINE_UNSURE 15
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data