Dataset specification
- Title: BioBasis Nuuk - Lakes - Phytoplankton
- Description: The two sampling lakes are located in the Kobbefjord catchment area in the bottom of Kobbefjord (Badesø / Kangerluarsunnguup Tasia: 64,13ºN, 51,36ºW and Qassi Sø: 64,15ºN, 51,31ºW). They are monitored monthly during the ice-free period. Monitoring include ice cover, water chemistry, DOC (dissolved organic carbon), chlorophyll a, physical conditions, species composition of plankton, vegetation, and fish. Phytoplankton samples are saved in lugol and identified and counted by specialists in Denmark. For further details, please refer to the newest BioBasis manual available at the website. Lakes:Lakes BioBasis Nuuk: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/XCWK-PW77 - https://doi.org/10.17897/XCWK-PW77
- Location/site: Monitoring lakes - -51.38, 64.13 (lon-lat wgs84)
- Date span of the dataset: 2008-06-07 - 2012-11-01
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/XCWK-PW77
Variables measured / columns in dataset
| ID | Name | Unit | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/XCWK-PW77&column=Date | Date | Date | Date | Date of sampling |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/XCWK-PW77&column=Lake | Lake | Text | Text | Name of lake sampled |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/XCWK-PW77&column=Sorting | Sorting | Text | Text | Sorting location; ML: Miljøbiologisk Laboratorium ApS, Denmark |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/XCWK-PW77&column=PhytoBiovolume | PhytoBiovolume | mm3/L | Number | The biovolume of phytoplankton (mm3/l) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/XCWK-PW77&column=NumberPerMilliLiter | NumberPerMilliLiter | Number | Number | Number of individuals per milliliter |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/XCWK-PW77&column=Remarks | Remarks | Text | Text | Remarks |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/XCWK-PW77&column=Class | Class | Text | Text | Class of the collected phytoplankton |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/XCWK-PW77&column=Order | Order | Text | Text | Order of the collected phytoplankton |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/XCWK-PW77&column=Family | Family | Text | Text | Family of the collected phytoplankton |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/XCWK-PW77&column=Genus | Genus | Text | Text | Genus of the collected phytoplankton |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/XCWK-PW77&column=Species | Species | Text | Text | Species of the collected phytoplankton |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/XCWK-PW77&column=SizeGroup_%c2%b5m | SizeGroup_µm | Number | Text | Size interval of the collected phytoplankton (µm) |