The data were collected by the IBSS staff at several stations in the Mediterranean Sea during a cruise with the R/V N. Akademik S. Vavilov in 1959. This dataset contains abundance data (individuals per liter). No additional metadata is available.

Citation: Phytoplankton collected in the Mediterranean Sea in 1959 on board the R/V Akademik S. Vavilov. Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:38

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=phytopl_med_sea_valivov_1959

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

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

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

1,006

occurrence records

1,610

measurements and facts

187

taxa

162

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,006		100.0%
scientificNameID	12	64	7.6%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_MATCH	76	7.6%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	45	4.5%
MARINE_UNSURE	16	1.6%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS	2	0.2%
NOT_MARINE	1	0.1%

Phytoplankton collected in the Mediterranean Sea in 1959 on board the R/V Akademik S. Vavilov

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data