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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_692080</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>Microplankton abundance in the euphotic zone of the Aegean and Levantine Seas in February 1989</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Gotsis-Skretas, Olympia; Pagou, Kalliopi</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Microplankton abundance in the euphotic zone of the Aegean and Levantine Seas in February 1989</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2008-05-05</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.692080</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>Event label</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Date/Time of event</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Latitude of event</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Longitude of event</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DEPTH, water</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Amphora ostrearia</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Asterolampra marylandica</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Bacteriastrum delicatulum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chaetoceros affinis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chaetoceros decipiens</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chaetoceros messanensis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chaetoceros sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Leptocylindrus danicus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Licmophora</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Navicula sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitzschia delicatissima</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitzschia longissima</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitzschia seriata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitzschia sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pennata sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pleurosigma sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rhizosolenia alata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rhizosolenia delicatula</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rhizosolenia fragilissima</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rhizosolenia stolterfothii</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Synedra sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Thalassiosira rotula</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Thalassiosira sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Thalassiothrix frauenfeldii</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Thalassiothrix sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Diatoms</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Ceratium furca</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Ceratium fusus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Ceratium teres</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cochlodinium sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gonyaulax sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gymnodinium breve</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gymnodinium pygmaeum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gymnodinium simplex</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gymnodinium sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gymnodinium flavum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gyrodinium sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gyrodinium spirale</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oxytoxum adriaticum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oxytoxum sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oxytoxum variabilis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Peridinium cerasus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Peridinium sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Peridinium trochoideum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Podolampas spinifera</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Prorocentrum aporum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Prorocentrum rotundatum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Prorocentrum sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Dinoflagellates</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calyptrosphaera sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Coccolithus fragilis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Coccolithus leptoporus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Coccolithus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Discosphaera tubifer</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pontosphaera huxleyi</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rhabdosphaera claviger</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracosphaera pulchra</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Syracosphaera sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Coccolithophoridae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cryptomonas sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Dictyocha fibula major</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Dictyocha fibula pentagona</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rhodomonas sp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Microplankton</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>Bottle, Niskin 8-L</Keyword>
<Keyword>LIA09</Keyword>
<Keyword>LIA-9-GN3619890010924607</Keyword>
<Keyword>LIA-9-GN3619890010925206</Keyword>
<Keyword>LIA-9-GN3619890010925310</Keyword>
<Keyword>LIA-9-GN3619890010925605</Keyword>
<Keyword>LIA-9-GN3619890010925702</Keyword>
<Keyword>LIA-9-GN3619890010926301</Keyword>
<Keyword>LIA-9-GN3619890010926509</Keyword>
<Keyword>LIA-9-GN3619890010926702</Keyword>
<Keyword>LIA-9-GN3619890010926709</Keyword>
<Keyword>LIA-9-GN3619890010926806</Keyword>
<Keyword>LIA-9-GN3619890010926904</Keyword>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Calculated</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Source_Name>
<Long_Name>Aegaeo</Long_Name>
</Source_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>1989-02-15</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>1989-02-20</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>34.8833333333333</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>36.4366666666666</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>22.6166666666666</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>29.5</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Depth>0.0 m (DEPTH, water)</Minimum_Depth>
<Maximum_Depth>100.0 m (DEPTH, water)</Maximum_Depth>
</Spatial_Coverage>
<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>2112 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.692080"! ** Microplankton species composition analysis was performed according to the inverted microscope method of Utermoehl. Samples for identification and enumeration of larger phytoplankton cells (&gt;5 µm) 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=109475</URL>
<Description>Gymnodinium sp.</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=109476</URL>
<Description>Gyrodinium sp.</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=109519</URL>
<Description>Gonyaulax sp.</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=109549</URL>
<Description>Peridinium sp.</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=109566</URL>
<Description>Prorocentrum sp.</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=109876</URL>
<Description>Gyrodinium spirale</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=109950</URL>
<Description>Ceratium furca</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=109951</URL>
<Description>Ceratium fusus</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=115084</URL>
<Description>Syracosphaera sp.</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=148912</URL>
<Description>Thalassiosira sp.</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=148942</URL>
<Description>Thalassiosira rotula</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=148985</URL>
<Description>Chaetoceros sp.</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=149045</URL>
<Description>Nitzschia sp.</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=149106</URL>
<Description>Leptocylindrus danicus</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=149126</URL>
<Description>Chaetoceros decipiens</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=149142</URL>
<Description>Navicula sp.</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=149150</URL>
<Description>Nitzschia longissima</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=149181</URL>
<Description>Pleurosigma sp.</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=149186</URL>
<Description>Synedra sp.</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=149241</URL>
<Description>Chaetoceros affinis</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=162757</URL>
<Description>Peridinium cerasus</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=615464</URL>
<Description>Discosphaera tubifer</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
<Metadata_Version>9.4</Metadata_Version>
<DIF_Creation_Date>2008-05-05</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-05-15</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
</DIF>
