The data were collected by the IBSS staff during a monitoring campaign near Belbek River (Black Sea) from 1987 to 1990. This dataset contains abundance (individuals per liter) and biomass (mg/m³) data for phytoplankton taxa. No additional metadata is available.

Citation: IBSS. 1987-1990. Phytoplankton monitoring data from a polygon near Belbek River (Black Sea) from 1987 to 1990. Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:32

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=phytoplankton_blacksea_1987_1990

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)

4,758

occurrence records

9,516

measurements and facts

149

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	4,758		100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	158		3.3%
minimumDepthInMeters	158		3.3%
scientificNameID		25	0.5%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	253	5.3%
NO_DEPTH	158	3.3%
MARINE_UNSURE	150	3.2%
ON_LAND	133	2.8%
NO_MATCH	25	0.5%
NOT_MARINE	2	0.0%

Phytoplankton monitoring data from a polygon near Belbek River (Black Sea) from 1987 to 1990

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data