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

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

Chris Melrose
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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
occurrence records
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