18S: Baltic Sea Microbial Plankton Communities, 2019-2020

A dataset covering spatiotemporal variation in eukaryotic microbial communities and physicochemical parameters of the Baltic Sea. Between January 2019 and February 2020, 281 transect-time course samples and 65 protocol testing samples were collected from 19 stations. The dataset was created by Meike Latz of KTH Royal Institute of Technology and published via the SBDI ASV portal.

Use Cases

• Modeling seasonal changes in eukaryotic plankton communities based on time-series sampling.
• Correlating microbial diversity with physicochemical water parameters mentioned in the description.
• Comparing prokaryotic and eukaryotic community structures based on 16S and 18S rRNA gene metabarcoding data.
• Analyzing spatial gradients across the Baltic Sea, Kattegat, and Skagerrak based on samples from 19 stations.

Strengths

• Includes 281 transect-time course samples collected over a 14-month period.
• Covers 19 distinct sampling stations across the Baltic Sea, Kattegat, and Skagerrak.
• Contains parallel 18S and 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding data for eukaryotic and prokaryotic diversity.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

SBDI ASV portal (https://asv-portal.biodiversitydata.se/)

Collection Method

Samples analyzed with 18S and 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding.

Time Range

January 2019 to February 2020

Geography

Baltic Sea, Kattegat, and Skagerrak