Document of bibliographic reference 259318

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Bibliographic resource
Type of document
Data paper
BibLvlCode
AS
Title
A database of marine phytoplankton abundance, biomass and species composition in Australian waters
Abstract
There have been many individual phytoplankton datasets collected across Australia since the mid 1900s, but most are unavailable to the research community. We have searched archives, contacted researchers, and scanned the primary and grey literature to collate 3,621,847 records of marine phytoplankton species from Australian waters from 1844 to the present. Many of these are small datasets collected for local questions, but combined they provide over 170 years of data on phytoplankton communities in Australian waters. Units and taxonomy have been standardised, obviously erroneous data removed, and all metadata included. We have lodged this dataset with the Australian Ocean Data Network (http://portal.aodn.org.au/) allowing public access. The Australian Phytoplankton Database will be invaluable for global change studies, as it allows analysis of ecological indicators of climate change and eutrophication (e.g., changes in distribution; diatom:dinoflagellate ratios). In addition, the standardised conversion of abundance records to biomass provides modellers with quantifiable data to initialise and validate ecosystem models of lower marine trophic levels.
WebOfScience code
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000390220200002
Bibliographic citation
Davies, C.H.; Coughlan, A.; Hallegraeff, G.; Ajani, P.; Armbrecht, L.; Atkins, N.; Bonham, P.; Brett, S.; Brinkman, R.; Burford, M.; Clementson, L.; Coad, P.; Coman, F.; Davies, D.; Dela-Cruz, J.; Devlin, M.; Edgar, S.; Eriksen, R.; Furnas, M.; Hassler, C.; Hill, D.; Holmes, M.; Ingleton, T.; Jameson, I.; Leterne, S.C.; Lønborg, C.; McLaughlin, J.; McEnnulty, F.R.; McKinnon, A.D.; Miller, M.; Murray, S.; Nayar, S.; Patten, R.; Pritchard, T.; Proctor, R.; Purcell-Meyerink, D.; Raes, E.; Rissik, D.; Ruszczyk, J.; Slotwinski, A.; Swadling, K.M.; Tattersall, K.; Thompson, P.; Thomson, P.; Tonks, M.; Trull, T.W.; Uribe-Palomino, J.; Waite, A.M.; Yauwenas, R.; Zammit, A.; Richardson, A.J. (2016). A database of marine phytoplankton abundance, biomass and species composition in Australian waters. Scientific Data 3(160043): 9 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.43
Topic
Marine
Is peer reviewed
true
Access rights
open access
Is accessible for free
true

Authors

author
Name
Claire Davies
author
Name
Alex Coughlan
author
Name
Gustaaf Hallegraeff
author
Name
Penelope Ajani
author
Name
Linda Armbrecht
author
Name
Natalia Atkins
author
Name
Prudence Bonham
author
Name
Steve Brett
author
Name
Richard Brinkman
author
Name
Michele Burford
author
Name
Lesley Clementson
author
Name
Peter Coad
author
Name
Frank Coman
author
Name
Diana Davies
author
Name
Jocelyn Dela-Cruz
author
Name
Michelle Devlin
author
Name
Steven Edgar
author
Name
Ruth Eriksen
author
Name
Miles Furnas
author
Name
Christel Hassler
author
Name
David Hill
author
Name
Michael Holmes
author
Name
Tim Ingleton
author
Name
Ian Jameson
author
Name
Sophie Leterne
author
Name
Christian Lønborg
author
Name
James McLaughlin
author
Name
Felicity McEnnulty
author
Name
A. David McKinnon
author
Name
Margaret Miller
author
Name
Shauna Murray
author
Name
Sasi Nayar
author
Name
Renee Patten
author
Name
Tim Pritchard
author
Name
Roger Proctor
author
Name
Diane Purcell-Meyerink
author
Name
Eric Raes
author
Name
David Rissik
author
Name
Jason Ruszczyk
author
Name
Anita Slotwinski
author
Name
Kerrie Swadling
author
Name
Katherine Tattersall
author
Name
Peter Thompson
author
Name
Paul Thomson
author
Name
Mark Tonks
author
Name
Thomas Trull
author
Name
Julian Uribe-Palomino
author
Name
Anya Waite
author
Name
Rouna Yauwenas
author
Name
Anthony Zammit
author
Name
Anthony Richardson

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DOI
accessURL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.43

thesaurus terms

term
Biodiversity (term code: 9471 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)
Marine biology (term code: 4990 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)

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date created
2016-06-28
date modified
2018-02-13