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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_690960</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>Microplankton abundance at Station MARCH-1998-GN36199804611MNB03 in the euphotic zone of the Aegean Sea in March 1998. Part 3 - coccolithophores and other groups</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Gotsis-Skretas, Olympia; Pagou, Kalliopi; Ignatiades, Lydia; Psarra, Stella</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Microplankton abundance at Station MARCH-1998-GN36199804611MNB03 in the euphotic zone of the Aegean Sea in March 1998. Part 3 - coccolithophores and other groups</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2008-04-16</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.690960</Online_Resource>
</Data_Set_Citation>
<Personnel>
<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Olympia</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Gotsis-Skretas</Last_Name>
<Email>ogotsis@ath.hcmr.gr</Email>
</Personnel>
<Discipline>
<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
</Discipline>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DEPTH, water</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Acanthoica aculeata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Acanthoica bidentula</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Acanthoica rubus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Algirosphaera spinulosa</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Anthosphaera bicornu</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Anthosphaera fragaria</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Anthosphaera robusta</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Braarudosphaera bigelowii</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calcisolenia murrayi</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calyptrosphaera circumspicta</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calyptrosphaera dalmatica</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calyptrosphaera globosa</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calyptrosphaera gracillima</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calyptrosphaera incisa</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calyptrosphaera insignis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calyptrosphaera sphaeroidea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calyptrosphaera tubifera</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calyptrosphaera uvella</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Coccolithus leptoporus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Coccolithus pelagicus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Coccolithus wallichii</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Emiliania huxleyi</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Helicosphaera hyalina</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Helladosphaera aurisinae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Helladosphaera cornifera</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Homozygosphaera perennis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Michaelsarsia falklandica</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Ophiaster hydroideus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Periphyllophora mirabilis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pontosphaera achillae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pontosphaera discopora</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pontosphaera haeckeli</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pontosphaera nana</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pontosphaera steueri</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rhabdosphaera multistylis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rhabdosphaera nigra</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rhabdosphaera subopaca</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rhabdosphaera tubulosa</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sphaerocalyptra elegans</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sphaerocalyptra quadridentata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus brandti</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus catilliferus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus clypeatus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus cordiformis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus cornus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus coronata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus dalmaticus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus dentatus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus grundi</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus oculatus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus ovatus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus pastillusus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus pilus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus profundus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus robustus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus schilleri</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracolithus scutatus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracosphaera cornus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracosphaera coronata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracosphaera pulchra</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracosphaera schilleri</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Umbilicosphaera mirabilis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Umbilicosphaera sibogae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Zygosphaera debilis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Zygosphaera hellenica</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Coccolithophoridae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Dictyocha fibula</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oscillatoria fillaments</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pyraminomonas sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Microplankton</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Diatoms</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Dinoflagellates</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>Bottle, Niskin 8-L</Keyword>
<Keyword>MARCH-1998</Keyword>
<Keyword>MARCH-1998-GN36199804611MNB03</Keyword>
<Source_Name>
<Long_Name>Aegaeo</Long_Name>
</Source_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>1998-03-13</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>1998-03-13</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>39.2242</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>39.2242</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>25.0</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>25.0</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Depth>1.0 m (DEPTH, water)</Minimum_Depth>
<Maximum_Depth>100.0 m (DEPTH, water)</Maximum_Depth>
</Spatial_Coverage>
<Project>
<Short_Name>MATER</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Mass Transfer and Ecosystem Response</Long_Name>
</Project>
<Project>
<Short_Name>SESAME</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem Changes</Long_Name>
</Project>
<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>Hellenic Center of Marine Research, Institut of Oceanography, Greece</Originating_Center>
<Data_Center>
<Data_Center_Name>
<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
</Data_Center_Name>
<Data_Center_URL>https://www.pangaea.de/</Data_Center_URL>
<Personnel>
<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>
</Contact_Address>
</Personnel>
</Data_Center>
<Distribution>
<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
<Distribution_Size>438 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
</Distribution>
<Summary>For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.690960"! ** Microplankton species composition analysis was performed according to the inverted microscope method of Utermoehl. Samples for identification and enumeration of larger phytoplankton cells (&gt;5µm) were preserved in alkaline Lugol solution. Utermoehl, H., 1958. Zur Vervollkommung der quantitativen Phytoplankton-Methodik. Mitt. Int. Ver. Theor. Angew. Limnol., 9:1-38.</Summary>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=115099</URL>
<Description>Ophiaster hydroideus</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=115104</URL>
<Description>Emiliania huxleyi</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=157463</URL>
<Description>Dictyocha fibula</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=235922</URL>
<Description>Braarudosphaera bigelowii</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=235979</URL>
<Description>Syracosphaera pulchra</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=235985</URL>
<Description>Umbilicosphaera sibogae</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=666392</URL>
<Description>Umbilicosphaera mirabilis</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/36949</URL>
<Description>SESAME</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
<Metadata_Version>9.4</Metadata_Version>
<DIF_Creation_Date>2008-04-16</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-06-01</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
</DIF>
