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Pelagic community cell abundances and carbon biomass

UNDER EMBARGO - This dataset is part of BE/2023 sampling campagn in SW Greenland fjords (Igaliku and Tunulliarfik). Pelagic community was analysed using Imaging Flow Cytometry (iFCM) with an ImageStream®X Mk II. Cells were grouped into functional size classes—pico-, nano- and microplankton—according to measured cell length. Cells lacking chlorophyll autofluorescence were classified as heterotrophic or chemotrophic organisms, including heterotrophic picoplankton/bacteria (HP; ≤2 µm) and heterotrophic nanoplankton (HN; 2–20 µm). No larger heterotrophs (>20 µm) were visually detected. Autofluorescent cells were considered phototrophic, although this fraction may also include mixotrophic taxa, and comprised picophytoplankton (AP; ≤2 µm), nanophytoplankton (AN; 2–20 µm), and microphytoplankton (AMicro; 20–100 µm). To estimate the biovolume of each plankton class, the two-dimensional cell surface area measured by the IDEAS® imaging software was multiplied by the mean cell width, assuming that cell width approximates the third spatial dimension. Carbon biomass was subsequently derived from biovolume using established carbon–volume relationships. For the HP fraction, carbon content was estimated using the bacterial conversion proposed by Romanova and Sazhin (2010), where volume is expressed in µm³. Although the HP fraction may also include heterotrophic picoeukaryotes, and its biomass may therefore be partly underestimated, this conversion was applied because the fraction was assumed to be numerically dominated by bacteria. For the other protist groups, carbon biomass was derived following Menden-Deuer and Lessard (2000). Carbon values were converted from pg C cell⁻¹ to carbon biomass (µg C L⁻¹) based on cell abundance.

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Date (Création)
2026-06-16
Date (Révision)
2026-06-16
Date (Publication)
2026-06-16
Date (Création)
2016-05-19
Code
https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:3142
Identificateur
http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:3142

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Autres informations de référence
This dataset is composed of the following sources: Marta Mikhno, Koen Sabbe (n.d.). Pelagic community cell abundances and carbon biomass.
Gestionnaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
Auteur
  Laboratorium voor Protistologie en Aquatische Ecologie, Departement Biologie (UGent)
Krijgslaan 281 S8, 9000 Gent, Belgium ,
Editeur (publication)
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Propriétaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Mots clés
  • Reporting INSPIRE
  • Gouvernement Fédéral
Contraintes d'utilisation
Autres restrictions
Autres contraintes
No conditions apply to access and use
Autres contraintes
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Contraintes d'accès
Autres restrictions
Autres contraintes
Pas de restrictions concernant l'accès public.
Limitation d'utilisation
Aucune condition ne s'applique à l'utilisation.
Restrictions de manipulation
Non classifié
Type de représentation spatiale
Tabulaire
Langue
English
Catégorie ISO
  • Océans
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2023-07-17
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2023-07-31
Nom du système de référence
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
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Jeu de données

Résultat de conformité

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explication
Voir la spécification référencée
Degré de conformité
Oui
Généralités sur la provenance
Because the upper size detection limit of this instrument (iFCM) is 100 µm, 14 mL of each seawater sample was pre-filtered through a 100 µm mesh to remove larger particles. The filtrate was subsequently fixed with glutaraldehyde (final concentration 1.0%) and stored at 4 °C. Samples were allowed to sediment for at least 48 h, after which the supernatant was carefully removed to obtain a final 7× concentration. This concentration step was necessary to compensate for the relatively low abundance of larger cells within the small analytical volume processed by the instrument.Prior to acquisition, 0.5 mL of each sample was stained with 1% (v/v) SYBR Green I (100× working solution in DMSO) and incubated in the dark at 37 °C for 20 min. Microscopic images (40× magnification; pixel size 0.5 × 0.5 µm) and flow cytometry signals, including brightfield images, fluorescence at 488 nm (SYBR Green–stained nucleic acids), and fluorescence at 642 nm (chlorophyll autofluorescence), were recorded for further analysis.Using IDEAS® software (v. 6.2), plankton populations were identified and quantified based on their optical and fluorescence characteristics.
Identifiant de la fiche
bmdc.be:dataset:3142 XML
Langue
English
Jeu de caractères
Utf8
Type de ressource
Jeu de données
Date des métadonnées
2026-06-16T13:48:17.229Z
Nom du standard de métadonnées
Geographic information -- Metadata
Version du standard de métadonnées
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Point de contact
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
 
 

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