Plankton Toolbox User’s Guide: for Plankton Toolbox Version 1.3.2/1.3.3.

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2020Author
Karlson, Bengt
Skjevik, Ann-Turi
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36pp.
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Plankton form the base of the food web in most aquatic ecosystems. There is a need to estimate the biomass, abundance and the biodiversity of plankton organisms. Eutrophication, climate change, invasive species and harmful algal blooms are some of the reasons to monitor plankton. Microscope based methods are currently the standard in several monitoring programs including HELCOM-COMBINE, for the Baltic Sea, and OSPAR-JAMP, for North Eastern Atlantic Ocean covering the area between the Azores and the Arctic Ocean. Phyto- and zooplankton samples are collected using e.g. water sampling devices, hoses or nets. Data have been collected for decades and large data sets are available e.g. at international and national data centres. To work with the data in a consistent way may be difficult without the right tools.
The Plankton Toolbox is a free tool for aquatic scientists, and others, working with phyto- and zooplankton data. It is available for MacOS and Windows. Plankton Toolbox makes it rel.....
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https://data.smhi.se/oce/SLW/plankton_toolbox_1_3_3/Plankton_Toolbox_users_guide_1_3_3_2020-11-25.pdfhttp://nordicmicroalgae.org/tools
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Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological InstituteGothenburg, Sweden
Document Language
enSustainable Development Goals (SDG)
14.aEssential Ocean Variables (EOV)
Zooplankton biomass and diversityPhytoplankton biomass and diversity
Citation
Karlson, B. and Skjevik, A-T. (2020) Plankton Toolbox User’s Guide version 1.3.2. Gothenburg, Sweden, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, 36pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1660Collections
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