Dataset

Continuous Plankton Recorder Dataset (NOAA) - Phytoplankton

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Continuous Phytoplankton Recorder Survey by NOAA in the Northwest Atlantic, the Gulf of Maine and the Mid Atlantic Bight.

Citation
Melrose, C. 2010. Continuous Plankton Recorder Dataset (NOAA) - Phytoplankton. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Published
September 17, 2025 at 10:11
License
Restricted
URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=continuousplanktonrecorderdatasetnoaaphytoplankton
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=continuousplanktonrecorderdatasetnoaaphytoplankton

Contacts

Chris Melrose
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Darren Stevens
The Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science; The Laboratory

Marine Biological Association of the UK
Marine Biological Association of the UK

The Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science; The Laboratory
The Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science; The Laboratory

22,588
total submitted occurrences
22,429
accepted occurrences
142
taxa
91
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 22,588
100.0%
scientificNameID 159
0.7%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 1,827
8.1%
NO_MATCH 159
0.7%
MARINE_UNSURE 50
0.2%

Measurement types

DNA derived data