This study was carried out to compare the results of nutrient and phytoplankton measurements in inlets of Prince Edward Island (PEI), in order to look for relationships between species composition and nutrient levels. We also considered the likelihood of nutrient limitation within the phytoplankton community by comparing ambient nutrient concentrations with the inherent ability of the phytoplankton to take up the nutrients at low concentrations.

Citation: Bates, S.S., Strain, P.M. 2010. BioChem: Prince Edward Island inlet phytoplankton monitoring during late summer to fall, 2001-2003. OBIS Canada Digital Collections. OBIS Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, Version 1, Digital, retrieved from http://iobis.org/.

URL: http://ipt.obis.org/nonode/resource?r=pei_phytoplankton_monitoring_program

Government of Canada; Department of Fisheries and Oceans Bedford Institute of Oceanography (DFO-BIO)
Government of Canada; Department of Fisheries and Oceans Bedford Institute of Oceanography (DFO-BIO)

OBIS Secretariat
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO

3,055

occurrence records

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	3,055		100.0%
occurrenceStatus	3,055		100.0%
scientificNameID	188	41	7.5%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	201	6.6%
NO_MATCH	176	5.8%
MARINE_UNSURE	45	1.5%
ON_LAND	41	1.3%

BioChem: Prince Edward Island inlet phytoplankton monitoring during late summer to fall, 2001-2003

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data