Dataset landingpage: BioBasis Zackenberg - Lakes - Zooplankton

This is the landing page for a dataset in the Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) database. This page embeds schema.org metadata as JSON-LD, describing the dataset in machine readable and interoperable format.

Dataset specification

  • Title: BioBasis Zackenberg - Lakes - Zooplankton
  • Description: Data on phytoplankton numbers and biovolume in the two monitoring lakes. For further details, please refer to the newest BioBasis manual available at the website. Lakes:Lakes BioBasis Zackenberg:The BioBasis programme monitors the dynamics of organisms and biological processes in the terrestrial and limnic ecosystems at Zackenberg and Nuuk. The BioBasis programme plays a central role in the development and implementation of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme (CBMP) http://www.caff.is/monitoring across the Arctic.
  • DOI: 10.17897/VWPC-B466 - https://doi.org/10.17897/VWPC-B466
  • Location/site: Monitoring lakes - -20.57, 74.47 (lon-lat wgs84)
  • Date span of the dataset: 2000-08-17 - 2020-08-29

Data originator, license and how to download the dataset

The dataset is a product of the Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring program (GEM): https://grid.ac/institutes/grid.507580.f. It is free and open data, licensed with terms of use under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ When downloading you will automatically get a terms of use document, describing how to cite the data and other important information.

Download the dataset via this link (registration needed): http://data.g-e-m.dk/log-in/data-tables?doi=10.17897/VWPC-B466

Variables measured / columns in dataset

ID Name Unit Data Type Description
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/VWPC-B466&column=Date Date Date Date Date of census
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/VWPC-B466&column=Lake Lake Text Text Name of lake sampled
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/VWPC-B466&column=Taxon Taxon Text Text Name of taxon
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/VWPC-B466&column=Stage Stage Text Text Life stage og sex of taxon
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/VWPC-B466&column=NumberPerLiter NumberPerLiter Number Number Number of individuals per mL. "-1" indicates presence but too small amounts to be quantified.
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/VWPC-B466&column=Remarks Remarks Text Text Remarks