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<Entry_Title>Phytoplankton abundance in the Caspian Sea, south west</Entry_Title>
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<Dataset_Creator>Piontkovski, Sergey</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Phytoplankton abundance in the Caspian Sea, south west</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2008-03-26</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
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<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.688716</Online_Resource>
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<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
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<Detailed_Variable>Phytoplankton</Detailed_Variable>
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<Keyword>Caspian_Sea_South_West_1961-1962</Keyword>
<Keyword>Underway cruise track measurements</Keyword>
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<Start_Date>1961-06-15</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>1962-09-15</Stop_Date>
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<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
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<Southernmost_Latitude>38.26500000000001</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>40.246700000000004</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>40.69330000000001</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>50.93</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Depth>5.0 m (DEPTH, water)</Minimum_Depth>
<Maximum_Depth>50.0 m (DEPTH, water)</Maximum_Depth>
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<Access_Constraints>unrestricted</Access_Constraints>
<Use_Constraints>CC-BY-3.0: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported</Use_Constraints>
<Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
<Originating_Center>Marine Hydrophysical Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine</Originating_Center>
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<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
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<Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Diepenbroek</Last_Name>
<Email>info@pangaea.de</Email>
<Contact_Address>
<Address>Leobener Str.</Address>
<City>Bremen</City>
<Province_or_State>Bremen</Province_or_State>
<Postal_Code>28359</Postal_Code>
<Country>Germany</Country>
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<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
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<Reference>Piontkovski, Sergey (2002): The Global Plankton Database: an inventory and data from the former Soviet Union expeditions. Darwin Initiative for the Survival of Species (Intas INFO 00-059), NATO Science for Stability TU-Black Sea project (1994-1997), NATO Science for Peace project (1999-2002); Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom; Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas &amp; Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Sevastopol, Ukraine; Institute of Zoology of Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan; Institute of Zoology, Almaty, Kazakhstan, CD-ROM</Reference>
<Reference>Additional information to the brief descriptions of the physical and chemical data. hdl:10013/epic.30036.d001</Reference>
<Summary>For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.688716"!</Summary>
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<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>LATITUDE</Description>
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<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
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<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601</URL>
<Description>DATE/TIME</Description>
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<Related_URL>
<URL>https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.30036.d001</URL>
<Description>Additional information to the brief descriptions of the physical and chemical data</Description>
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<Parent_DIF>PANGAEA_712421</Parent_DIF>
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<DIF_Creation_Date>2008-03-26</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-03-26</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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