Phytoplankton Preservation Experiment Cell Counts from 2013-2014

2013-2014 lab experiments conducted at the Cefas laboratory in Lowestoft, UK. Multiple marine phytoplankton taxa were preserved in different Lugol's Iodine solutions and enumerated over 8 months to investigate degradation rates. The data are the results of these preservation experiments.

Use Cases

• Compare degradation rates across different phytoplankton taxa based on the described experimental setup
• Evaluate the effectiveness of neutral versus acidified Lugol's Iodine solutions for sample preservation
• Model temporal decay of cell counts over an 8-month period as mentioned in the description

Strengths

• Experimental data collected over a defined 8-month observation period
• Results from a controlled lab environment at a named institution (Cefas)

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Cefas laboratory, Lowestoft, UK

Collection Method

Lab experiments

Time Range

2013-2014

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Geography

UK (Lowestoft)