The phytoplankton dataset includes samples collected from shallow to shelf Romanian waters, in the period 1981 - 1990, from February to November; there is no similar frequency each year. Dataset contains abundance data (cells per liter) and biomass (mg/m3) for individual phytoplankton taxa.

Citation: Boicenco, Laura; Vlas, Oana; Pantea, Elena (2021). Romanian Black Sea Phytoplankton data from 1981 to 1990. NIMRD-National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:45

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=ro_black_sea_fpk_1981_1990

Laura Boicenco
National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"

Elena Pantea
National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"

Oana Vlas
National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"

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

10,826

occurrence records

28,263

measurements and facts

194

taxa

173

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	10,826		100.0%
decimalLatitude	2,579		23.8%
decimalLongitude	2,597		24.0%
scientificNameID		777	7.2%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	3,263	30.1%
NO_COORD	2,597	24.0%
MARINE_UNSURE	1,208	11.2%
NO_MATCH	777	7.2%
NOT_MARINE	179	1.7%

Romanian Black Sea Phytoplankton data from 1981 to 1990

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data