Dataset Details - Sherkin Island Marine Station Phytoplankton Records from the Southwest Coast of Ireland. Series 1: Long-term data series from Roaringwater Bay/Long Island Bay and South of Sherkin Island, Co Cork 1980-2014
The Dataset presented here is from the long-term monitoring of phytoplankton at 12 coastal water positions (stations) in south-west Ireland: Eight within Roaringwater Bay/Long Island Bay, and four from 1.5 km to 17.5 km offshore in open waters south of Sherkin Island, Co. Cork.
07/12/2023
07/12/2023
Long-term monitoring of phytoplankton
Stations were visited approximately every 12 days from April to October each year, within a period from 1980-2014. Water samples were taken at set depths for each station and phytoplankton counts were recorded. Where water depth allowed, stations were usually sampled at the following depths: 0m, 2.5m, 5m, 10m, 15m, 20m, 25m, 30m, and 50m, ranging from a maximum depth of 5m in three stations to a depth of 50m in four stations. An additional depth of 7.5m was sampled at one station. The Dataset includes standardized phytoplankton counts together with recorded location, date, water depth, water temperature, salinity, conductivity, Secchi disc estimate, tide height at time of sampling, sea conditions and weather conditions. Standard air temperature records from the manual weather station at Sherkin Island Marine Station covering the same time period, together with records from the automated weather station from 2004, offer comparisons with the marine records for climate-related studies (available from Met Éireann : The Irish Meteorological Service (online) c. 2023 [accessed 2023 July 17] https://www.met.ie/climate/available-data/historical-data).
The programme covered 12 stations, eight within Roaringwater Bay/Long Island Bay, and four from 1.5 km to 17.5 km offshore in open water south of Sherkin Island, Co Cork, Ireland.
1980 to 2014
High
The Dataset is complete.
This Dataset is available to view and download from GBIF.org under a CC BY-NC licence (https://www.gbif.org/dataset/df85c357-d4ec-415e-b108-890f7e699e78). Additional detailed measurements including cell counts for each species at set depths per Station and per date are available in the downloadable version of the Dataset. Supporting documentation relating to the Dataset is available here: https://sherkinmarinedata.ie/planktonseries/. It is highly recommended to view to this documentation in conjunction with the Dataset.
Restricted (Data can be viewed on the mapping system but is not available for download)
Sherkin Island Marine Station, Sherkin Island Marine Station Phytoplankton Records from the Southwest Coast of Ireland. Series 1: Long-term data series from Roaringwater Bay/Long Island Bay and South of Sherkin Island, Co Cork 1980-2014, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, accessed 22 August 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/372>
Dataset species distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset record distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of records within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset Contacts
Sherkin Island Marine Station
Sherkin Island, Co. Cork, Ireland
+353 28 20187
Records per year
Species per year
Date Statistics
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| Day | 148701 |
1980
2014
Record Statistics
148701
12
343
0
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| 100m | 148701 |
| 1km | 0 |
| 2km | 0 |
| 10km | 0 |
| 50km | 0 |
Dataset Attributes
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| dynamicProperties | A list of additional measurements, facts, characteristics, or assertions about the record. Meant to provide a mechanism for structured content. |
| samplingProtocol | The names of, references to, or descriptions of the methods or protocols used during a dwc:Event. |
Recorded Species
| TaxonId | PrefnameTaxonId | Name | Authority | Group | Rank | Records |
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