Phytoplankton Abundance from the Gibraltar Coastline, 2009-2019

Full community phytoplankton analysis results from the Gibraltar coastline, expressed as cells per litre. The data covers an 11-year period from 2009 to 2019. The Government Digital Service collected these samples.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term phytoplankton population trends based on the 2009-2019 time series
• Model coastal ecosystem health based on phytoplankton abundance data
• Study community composition changes in a specific marine region based on full community analysis results
• Calibrate or validate remote sensing algorithms for chlorophyll-a using in-situ cell count data

Strengths

• Data spans an 11-year period from 2009 to 2019, providing a substantial temporal record.
• Results represent a full community analysis, likely offering a detailed view of phytoplankton composition.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Samples collected from the Gibraltar coastline.

Time Range

2009 to 2019

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Gibraltar coastline