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LifeWatch observatory data: zooplankton observations by in-situ imaging (Video Plankton Recorder) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
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As part of the marine LifeWatch observatory, a real-time Video Plankton Recorder (VPR) (Seascan, Inc.) was added to the set of high-throughput imaging sensors that can be used to observe and understand zooplankton and its dynamics in the marine ecosystem. The VPR is essentially an underwater microscope which records images of particles from 100µm up to a few centimeters.
In the framework of the Lifewatch marine observatory the VPR is deployed both on fixed monthly transects and project-based transects, using the RV Simon Stevin. Scope Themes: Biology > Plankton Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Data, Plankton, research vessel, Simon Stevin, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), Appendicularia, Articulata, Calanoida, Cirripedia, Cnidaria, Copepoda, Ctenophora, Cumacea, Noctiluca Suriray, 1836, Phaeocystis Lagerheim, 1893 Geographical coverage Temporal coverage
From January 2020 on [In Progress] Monthly Taxonomic coverage
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data creator, data manager
Related datasets
Child dataset: LifeWatch observatory data: an in-situ imaging (Video Plankton Recorder) learning set from the Belgian part of the North Sea, more Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2021-06-16
Information last updated: 2023-11-20
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