Data, scripts and model output to perform spatiotemporal analysis of plankton drivers in the Belgian part of the North Sea.
Citation
Steven Pint, & Viviana Otero. (2021). Data, scripts and model output to perform spatiotemporal analysis of plankton drivers in the Belgian part of the North Sea [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6794084
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Pint, Steven Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
This archive contains the input data, R scripts and final results of a mechanistic model that uses near real-time data from the Belgian Part of the North Sea (2011-2017) to quantify the relative contributions of the bottom-up and top-down drivers in phytoplankton dynamics. Input data are zooplankton and phytoplankton abundances, nutrients, Sea Surface Temperature (SST), photosynthetically active radiation (PAR); from the LifeWatch data and infrastructure, funded by Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO). Water temperature data for one of the locations was obtained from Flemish Banks Monitoring Network at https://meetnetvlaamsebanken.be/. The R scripts are presented in a R Markdown file that can be executed in the Blue-Cloud Zoo and Phytoplankton EOV products Vlab at https://blue-cloud.d4science.org/web/zoo-phytoplankton_eov, operated by D4Science.org, www.d4science.org (Assante et al., 2019). Scope Themes: Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton Keywords: Marine/Coastal · Belgian part of the North Sea · Ecosystem models · NPZ model · Amphipoda · Annelida · Anomura · Brachyura · Branchiopoda · Calanoida · Caridea · Chaetognatha · Cirripedia · Cnidaria · Ctenophora · Cumacea · Echinodermata · Evadne Lovén, 1836 · Harpacticoida · Mollusca · Mysidae Haworth, 1825 · Noctiluca Suriray, 1836 · Podon Lilljeborg, 1853 · Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 Geographical coverage Belgian part of the North Sea [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2017 Taxonomic coverage
Amphipoda [WoRMS]
Annelida [WoRMS]
Anomura [WoRMS]
Brachyura [WoRMS]
Branchiopoda [WoRMS]
Calanoida [WoRMS]
Caridea [WoRMS]
Chaetognatha [WoRMS]
Cirripedia [WoRMS]
Cnidaria [WoRMS]
Ctenophora [WoRMS]
Cumacea [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Evadne Lovén, 1836 [WoRMS]
Harpacticoida [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Mysidae Haworth, 1825 [WoRMS]
Noctiluca Suriray, 1836 [WoRMS]
Podon Lilljeborg, 1853 [WoRMS]
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 [WoRMS]
Parameters
Ammonium (NH4+) Chlorophyll a Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) Nitrate (NO3-) Nitrate (NO3-) + Nitrite (NO2-) Nitrite (NO2-) Phosphate (PO43-) Silicate (SiO44-) Temperature Zooplankton density Contributors
Related datasets
Source datasets: LifeWatch observatory data: monthly CTD temperature and salinity measurements in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more LifeWatch observatory data: nutrient, pigment, suspended matter and secchi measurements in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more LifeWatch observatory data: zooplankton observations by imaging (ZooScan) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more Monitoring Network Flemish Banks, more Other relation: How the Blue Economy affects plankton dynamics in the BPNS: data and scripts, more Project
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data products
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2021-12-17
Information last updated: 2025-11-07
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