Description
The scope of this study was to explore the diversification of the phytoplankton community structure and related ecological determinants along a large scale (3188 km) longitudinal transect, covering the region from eastern Mediterranean to Western Basin. Sampling was performed during the period June – July of 1999. Six stations were located in the Eastern Basin, one station in the Sicily strait and two stations in the Western Basin.A total of 216 species were identified(48 diatoms, 112 dinoflagellates and 56 coccolithophores).
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 63 records.
2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Phytoplankton in longitudinal east-west transect of the Mediterranean Sea, 1999.Lydia Ignatiades.
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Hellenic Center for Marine Research. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: e4a66ab8-356e-4894-89d4-5972555726bc. Hellenic Center for Marine Research publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
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Geographic Coverage
It covers the region from Eastern to Western Mediterranean Sea.9 Stations TM1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [31.93, 1.34], North East [43.22, 37.07] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
This dataset contains data about Diatoms, Dinoflagellates and Coccolithophores.
| Phylum | Haptophyta |
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| Class | Bacillariophyceae, Dinophyceae |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1999-06-07 / 1999-07-01 |
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Project Data
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| Title | MTP-II project 'MATER: Mass Transfer and Ecosystem Response' |
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| Funding | This research was undertaken within the framework of the TransMediterranean Cruise of the MTP-II project 'MATER: Mass Transfer and Ecosystem Response' jointly funded by the European Commission’s Marine Science and Technology III (MAST-III) Programme and the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology. |
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Sampling Methods
Samples were collected from routine hydrocasts using a CTD rosette sampler from 1, 10, 20, 50, 75, 100 and 120 m. Temperature and salinity were recorded using a Seabird Electronics SBE-911+ CTD profiler. Samples for chlorophyll a determination (2 L from each sampling depth) were filtered on board through 0.2 mm polycarbonate Millipore filters and kept frozen until analysis in the laboratory with a TURNER 00-AU-10 fluorometer. Samples for the determination of nutrients were collected in 100 ml polyethylene bottles and kept at -20oC, until their analysis in the laboratory with a Bran+Luebbe II autoanalyser. Phosphate was measured with a Perkin Elmer Lambda 2S UV/VIS Spectrometer.
| Study Extent | This dataset is based on a large scale longitudinal transect from eastern Mediterranean sea to the Western Basin, in June and July 1999. |
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| Quality Control | Stations were plotted on Google earth for a visual check. Taxonomic quality control was done using the online taxon match tool of WoRMS. |
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Bibliographic Citations
- Ignatiades, L., O. Gotsis-Skretas, K. Pagou, and E. Krasakopoulou (2009), Diversification of phytoplankton community structure and related parameters along a large-scale longitudinal east-west transect of the Mediterranean Sea, J. Plankton Res., 31, 411–428. http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/content/31/4/411.full.pdf+html
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| Alternative Identifiers | e4a66ab8-356e-4894-89d4-5972555726bc |
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