Dataset

Continuous Plankton Recorder Dataset (CPR Survey) - Phytoplankton

OBIS UK Open in mapper Explore occurrences

SAHFOS is unique in having comparable data on the geographical distribution, seasonal cycles and year-to-year changes in abundance of plankton over a large spatial area. There is no other survey in the world with 80 years of marine plankton data.

Citation: Johns D (2011): Continuous Plankton Recorder Dataset (SAHFOS) - Phytoplankton. v4.1. Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS). Dataset/Occurrence. https://doi.org/10.7487/ysaz8e

Published: December 19, 2024 at 17:28

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

URL: https://www.dassh.ac.uk/ipt/resource?r=sahfos-cpr-phyto

Contacts:

David Johns
The Marine Biological Association of the UK

Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (DASSH)
Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (DASSH)

1,101,250
occurrence records
224
taxa
169
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,101,250
100.0%
eventDate 1,101,250
100.0%
occurrenceStatus 1,101,250
100.0%
scientificNameID 112,946
10.3%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_MATCH 112,946
10.3%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 81,944
7.4%
MARINE_UNSURE 2,360
0.2%
ON_LAND 445
0.0%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 217
0.0%
NOT_MARINE 5
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data