The data were collected by the IBSS staff during a monitoring campaign in Sevastopol Bay (Black Sea) from 1952 to 1963. This dataset contains abundance (individuals per liter) and biomass (mg/m³) data for phytoplankton taxa. No additional metadata is available.

Citation: IBSS. 1952-1963. Phytoplankton monitoring data from Sevastopol Bay (Black Sea) from 1952 to 1963. Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Published: September 17, 2025 at 09:34

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=phytoplankton_blacksea_1952_1963

Kseniia Skuratova
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas

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

2,063

occurrence records

4,126

measurements and facts

139

taxa

107

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,063		100.0%
scientificNameID		6	0.3%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	351	17.0%
MARINE_UNSURE	111	5.4%
NO_MATCH	6	0.3%
NOT_MARINE	1	0.0%

Phytoplankton monitoring data from Sevastopol Bay (Black Sea) from 1952 to 1963

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data