A database of marine phytoplankton abundance, biomass and species composition in Australian waters

Davies, CH; 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; Leterme, SC; Lønborg, C; McLaughlin, J; McEnnulty, F; McKinnon, AD; Miller, M; Murray, S; Nayar, S; Patten, R; Pritchard, T; Proctor, R; Purcell-Meyerink, D; Raes, E; Rissik, D; Ruszczyk, J; Slotwinski, A; Swadling, KM; Tattersall, K; Thompson, P; Thomson, P; Tonks, M; Trull, TW; Uribe-Palomino, J; Waite, AM; Yauwenas, R; Zammit, A; Richardson, AJ

A database of marine phytoplankton abundance, biomass and species composition in Australian waters

Davies, CH 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 Leterme, SC Lønborg, C McLaughlin, J McEnnulty, F McKinnon, AD Miller, M Murray, S

Nayar, S Patten, R Pritchard, T Proctor, R Purcell-Meyerink, D Raes, E Rissik, D Ruszczyk, J Slotwinski, A Swadling, KM Tattersall, K Thompson, P Thomson, P Tonks, M Trull, TW Uribe-Palomino, J Waite, AM Yauwenas, R Zammit, A Richardson, AJ

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Davies, CH	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Coughlan, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hallegraeff, G	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ajani, P https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5364-9936	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Armbrecht, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Atkins, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bonham, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Brett, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Brinkman, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Burford, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Clementson, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Coad, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Coman, F	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Davies, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dela-Cruz, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Devlin, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Edgar, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Eriksen, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Furnas, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hassler, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hill, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Holmes, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ingleton, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jameson, I	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Leterme, SC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lønborg, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McLaughlin, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McEnnulty, F	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McKinnon, AD	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Miller, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Murray, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7096-1307	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Nayar, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Patten, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Pritchard, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Proctor, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Purcell-Meyerink, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Raes, E	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rissik, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ruszczyk, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Slotwinski, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Swadling, KM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Tattersall, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Thompson, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Thomson, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Tonks, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Trull, TW	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Uribe-Palomino, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Waite, AM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Yauwenas, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zammit, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Richardson, AJ	en_US
dc.date.available	2016-05-16	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-06-21	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Scientific Data, 2016, 3	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/46169
dc.description.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.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Scientific Data	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1038/sdata.2016.43	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Phytoplankton	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Ecosystem	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Biomass	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Eutrophication	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Databases, Factual	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Australia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Climate Change	en_US
dc.title	A database of marine phytoplankton abundance, biomass and species composition in Australian waters	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.for	060405 Gene Expression (incl. Microarray and other genome-wide approaches)	en_US
utslib.for	060409 Molecular Evolution	en_US
utslib.for	060701 Phycology (incl. Marine Grasses)	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - C3 - Climate Change Cluster
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	3	en_US

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.

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