MSFD Descriptor 1: Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Species Composition

The information gathered is part of Descriptor 1 of Commission Decision 2017/848/EU: specifically D1C6 (pelagic habitats). Plankton communities constitute an important component of such water column habitats, forming the base of marine foodwebs. The composition of these communities can provide a good indication of the status of pelagic ecosystems, also because plankton responds to anthropogenic pressures, in particular nutrient enrichment.

In fact, this dataset includes a list of phytoplankton and zooplankton up to the lowest possible taxonomic scale and includes a count of abundance.

 
Citation proposal
. MSFD Descriptor 1: Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Species Composition. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/3fb71f68-18cf-4e0b-ba5f-a13d0e93d45e

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Date ( Creation )
2019-12-02
Identifier

https://era.org.mt/

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MSFD_Descriptor_2:_Non-indigenous_Species_Distribution

  Owner

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Species distribution
Spatial scope ( Theme )

  • National

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Spatial representation type
Vector
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Biota
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Reference system identifier

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/304 5

Distribution format

  • ESRI Shapefile

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    unknown

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    Specification

  • INSPIRE Compliant GML

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    unknown

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    Specification

OnLine resource
EF.D1_Phytoplankton_Zooplankton_Species_Composition  

Malta D1_Phytoplankton_Zooplankton_Species_Composition

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Pass
true
Statement

The data used emanates from the EU funded project EMFF 8.3.1 under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund 2014-2020 with a total cost of €1.6 million in public eligible EMFF funds (75% EU 25% MT). The ultimate goals of this European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF 2014-2020) project are to devise a holistic approach towards marine monitoring and develop a comprehensive database of data collected about the Maltese waters. The copyright of such data is the property of the project in line with the provisions of CT 3031/2016 and will remain vested in the project in question.

The overall quality of the dataset is good.

For phytoplankton: Niskin bottles were used for the collection of water samples at surface and subsurface depths (1-5m).

For zooplankton: Sampling nets with a flow meter were used.

Metadata

File identifier
3fb71f68-18cf-4e0b-ba5f-a13d0e93d45e   XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
MD_CharacterSetCode_utf8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2021-02-02T16:09:32
Metadata standard name

ISO19115

Metadata standard version

2003/Cor.1:2006

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