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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_695360</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>Abundance and biomass of phytoplankton in the Aral Sea, bottom and integral samples</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Piontkovski, Sergey; Orlova, M I; Rusakova, O M</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Abundance and biomass of phytoplankton in the Aral Sea, bottom and integral samples</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2008-06-05</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.695360</Online_Resource>
</Data_Set_Citation>
<Personnel>
<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>M I</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Orlova</Last_Name>
</Personnel>
<Discipline>
<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
</Discipline>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DATE/TIME</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>LATITUDE</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>LONGITUDE</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DEPTH, water</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sample code/label</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Actinocyclus ehrenbergii var. ehrenbergii</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Actinocyclus ehrenbergii var. ehrenbergii, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Anabaena bergii bergii</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Anabaena bergii bergii, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Aphanizomenon flos-aquae flos-aquae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Aphanizomenon flos-aquae flos-aquae, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chaetoceros wighamii</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chaetoceros wighamii, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cocconeis scutellum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cocconeis scutellum, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Coelastrum sphaericum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Coelastrum sphaericum, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cyclotella meneghiniana</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cyclotella meneghiniana, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Dinophyta spp.</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Dinophyta spp., biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Exuviella cordata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Exuviella cordata, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Glenodonium lenticula forma lenticula</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Glenodonium lenticula forma lenticula, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gomphosphaeia lacustris compacta</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gomphosphaeia lacustris compacta, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Goniaulax polyedra</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Goniaulax polyedra, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Goniaulax spinifera</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Goniaulax spinifera, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gyrosigma acuminatum gallicum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gyrosigma acuminatum gallicum, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Lyngbia limnetica limnetica</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Lyngbia limnetica limnetica, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Merismopedia punctata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Merismopedia punctata, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Merismopedia tenuissima</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Merismopedia tenuissima, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Navicula cryptocephala var. cryptocephala</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Navicula cryptocephala var. cryptocephala, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Navicula radiosa var. radiosa</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Navicula radiosa var. radiosa, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitzschia tenuirostris</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitzschia tenuirostris, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitzschia tryblionella levidens</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitzschia tryblionella levidens, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oscillatoria geminata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oscillatoria geminata, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oscillatoria irriqua</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oscillatoria irriqua, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oscillatoria woronichinii</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oscillatoria woronichinii, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Peridinium inconspicuum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Peridinium inconspicuum, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Peridinium trochoideum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Peridinium trochoideum, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pinnularia microstauron</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pinnularia microstauron, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pinnularia microstauron brevissoni</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pinnularia microstauron brevissoni, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Prorocentrum obtusum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Prorocentrum obtusum, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Scenedesmus bijugatus bijugatus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Scenedesmus bijugatus bijugatus, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Scenedesmus quadicauda quadicauda</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Scenedesmus quadicauda quadicauda, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Synedra rumpens var. rumpens</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Synedra rumpens var. rumpens, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Synedra ulna var. ulna</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Synedra ulna var. ulna, biomass as carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>Aral_Sea</Keyword>
<Keyword>Multiple investigations</Keyword>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>1993-09-12</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>1993-09-19</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>46.55</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>46.6</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>60.76666667</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>60.76666667</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Depth>0.0 m (DEPTH, water)</Minimum_Depth>
<Maximum_Depth>0.0 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>Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sevastopol</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>166 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
</Distribution>
<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>Documentation of sampling of zooplankton in the Aral Sea (2008). NGO Tethys and Institute of Zoology, Almaty, Kazakhstan., hdl:10013/epic.30627.d001</Reference>
<Summary>For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.695360"!</Summary>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea</URL>
<Description>Aral_Sea</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>LATITUDE</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>LONGITUDE</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601</URL>
<Description>DATE/TIME</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=160524</URL>
<Description>Chaetoceros wighamii</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=160524</URL>
<Description>Chaetoceros wighamii, biomass as carbon</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.30627.d001</URL>
<Description>Documentation of sampling of zooplankton in the Aral Sea</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Parent_DIF>PANGAEA_712421</Parent_DIF>
<Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
<Metadata_Version>9.4</Metadata_Version>
<DIF_Creation_Date>2008-06-05</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-05-15</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
</DIF>
