Dataset

Romanian Black Sea Phytoplankton data from 1961 to 1970

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The phytoplankton dataset includes samples collected from shallow to shelf Romanian waters, in the period 1961 - 1970, from March to November; there is no similar frequency each year. Dataset contains abundance data (cells per liter) and biomass (mg/m3) for individual phytoplankton taxa.

Citation: Boicenco, L.; Culcea, O.; Pantea, E. (2017). Romanian Black Sea Phytoplankton data from 1961 to 1970. NIMRD-National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:37

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=ro_black_sea_fpk_1961_1970

Laura Boicenco
National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"

Oana Culcea
National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"

Elena Pantea
National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

9,683
occurrence records
22,551
measurements and facts
271
taxa
240
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 9,683
100.0%
decimalLongitude 515
5.3%
scientificNameID 197
2.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 2,198
22.7%
NO_COORD 515
5.3%
MARINE_UNSURE 471
4.9%
NOT_MARINE 378
3.9%
NO_MATCH 197
2.0%
ON_LAND 193
2.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data