DOI: 10.14466/CefasDataHub.156

Description

Peltic is an ongoing annual autumn pelagic survey on the research vessel Cefas Endeavour in the English Channel, Celtic Sea and Bristol Channel running from 2012-present. This dataset comprises phytoplankton abundance and size data for CEND19 _ 17, CEND17 _ 18, CEND15 _ 19, CEND16 _ 20, CEND16 _ 21, CEND16 _ 22, CEND15 _ 23. Samples were collected from the continuous flow FerryBox water supply (approx. 4m water depth) in a 500 ml container and fixed with 2-3 ml of 25% acidified Lugol iodine solution. Phytoplankton species and abundance (cells per litre) were determined after sedimentation of the samples in 5 - 25 ml glass chambers, and using an inverted microscope. Sizes of most common taxa were measured with a micrometer.
Abundances of phytoplankton species were then grouped based on functional groups (e.g. centric diatoms, pennate diatoms).

Contributors

Collingridge, Kate / Capuzzo, Elisa / Bear, Beth / Milligan, Alex / House, Cathy / Crisp, Cheryl / Keable, Ingrid / Mace, Amy / Walton, Alison / Van Ree, Robert / Harmer, Rogan / Cuskeran, Aimee / Creach, Veronique / Van Der Kooij, Jeroen

Subject

Phytoplankton / Plankton / Monitoring

Start Date

30/09/2017

End Date

26/10/2023

Year Published

2024

Version

2

Citation

Collingridge et al. (2024). Phytoplankton abundance data from pelagic surveys in the Celtic Seas and English Channel for autumn 2017 to 2023. Cefas, UK. V2. doi: https://doi.org/10.14466/CefasDataHub.156

Rights List

Open Government Licence

DOI

10.14466/CefasDataHub.156