Concentrations of individual phytoplankton accessory pigments measured in micrograms per litre from the Celtic Seas. Data was collected on Cefas fisheries surveys and analyzed by HPLC at the DHI laboratory in Denmark before quality control. This dataset supports eutrophication assessments and serves as a proxy for phytoplankton biomass.
Use Cases
- Conducting eutrophication assessments based on chlorophyll concentrations.
- Validating remote sensing derived chlorophyll estimates using in-situ pigment measurements.
- Estimating phytoplankton biomass using chlorophyll as a proxy.
- Deriving phytoplankton functional types by applying pigment concentrations like a fingerprint.
Strengths
- Data is quality controlled by Cefas after being matched with metadata.
- Pigment samples were analyzed using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) at a specialized laboratory.
- Covers a specific time range from 2020 to 2023.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, being focused on the Celtic Seas.
Provenance
- Source
- Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
- Collection Method
- Samples taken on Cefas fisheries surveys and analyzed by HPLC at DHI laboratory.
- Time Range
- 2020 to 2023
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-11 08:11:05.151421; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Northwest European shelf seas, specifically the Celtic Seas.