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Data, scripts and model output to perform spatiotemporal analysis of plankton drivers in the Belgian part of the North Sea.
Citation
Steven Pint, & Viviana Otero. (2021). Data, scripts and model output to perform spatiotemporal analysis of plankton drivers in the Belgian part of the North Sea [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6794084. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/7978
Contact: Pint, Steven


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Description
This archive contains the input data, R scripts and final results of a mechanistic model that uses near real-time data from the Belgian Part of the North Sea (2011-2017) to quantify the relative contributions of the bottom-up and top-down drivers in phytoplankton dynamics. Input data are zooplankton and phytoplankton abundances, nutrients, Sea Surface Temperature (SST), photosynthetically active radiation (PAR); from the LifeWatch data and infrastructure, funded by Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO). Water temperature data for one of the locations was obtained from Flemish Banks Monitoring Network at https://meetnetvlaamsebanken.be/. The R scripts are presented in a R Markdown file that can be executed in the Blue-Cloud Zoo and Phytoplankton EOV products Vlab at https://blue-cloud.d4science.org/web/zoo-phytoplankton_eov, operated by D4Science.org, www.d4science.org (Assante et al., 2019).

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Belgian part of the North Sea, Ecosystem models, NPZ model, Amphipoda, Annelida, Anomura, Brachyura, Branchiopoda, Calanoida, Caridea, Chaetognatha, Cirripedia, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Cumacea, Echinodermata, Evadne Lovén, 1836, Harpacticoida, Mollusca, Mysidae Haworth, 1825, Noctiluca Suriray, 1836, Podon Lilljeborg, 1853, Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825

Geographical coverage
Belgian part of the North Sea [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2017

Taxonomic coverage
Amphipoda [WoRMS]
Annelida [WoRMS]
Anomura [WoRMS]
Brachyura [WoRMS]
Branchiopoda [WoRMS]
Calanoida [WoRMS]
Caridea [WoRMS]
Chaetognatha [WoRMS]
Cirripedia [WoRMS]
Cnidaria [WoRMS]
Ctenophora [WoRMS]
Cumacea [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Evadne Lovén, 1836 [WoRMS]
Harpacticoida [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Mysidae Haworth, 1825 [WoRMS]
Noctiluca Suriray, 1836 [WoRMS]
Podon Lilljeborg, 1853 [WoRMS]
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 [WoRMS]

Parameters
Ammonium (NH4+)
Chlorophyll a
Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN)
Nitrate (NO3-)
Nitrate (NO3-) + Nitrite (NO2-)
Nitrite (NO2-)
Phosphate (PO43-)
Silicate (SiO44-)
Temperature
Zooplankton density

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata creator
Otero Fadul, Viviana
Pint, Steven
Deneudt, Klaas
De Rijcke, Maarten
Mortelmans, Jonas
Schepers, Lennert
Martin-Cabrera, Patricia
Vandegehuchte, Michiel
Everaert, Gert
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Protistologie en Aquatische Ecologie (PAE)data creator
Sabbe, Koen
Vyverman, Wim

Related datasets
Source datasets:
LifeWatch observatory data: monthly CTD temperature and salinity measurements in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
LifeWatch observatory data: nutrient, pigment, suspended matter and secchi measurements in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
LifeWatch observatory data: zooplankton observations by imaging (ZooScan) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more
Monitoring Network Flemish Banks
Other relation:
How the Blue Economy affects plankton dynamics in the BPNS: data and scripts

Project
LifeWatch: Flemish contribution to LifeWatch.eu
Blue-Cloud: Blue-Cloud: Piloting innovative services for Marine Research & the Blue Economy

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data products
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2021-12-17
Information last updated: 2022-09-02
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