Title

Continuous Phytoplankton Measurement Campaign (DYPHYMA), in the Western English Channel, Spring 2012

Date (Creation)

2012-01-01T00:00:00

Citation identifier

FR-DCSMM-PDS-DYPHYMA

Presentation form

Digital profile

Abstract

Shared transborder validation of methods applied to observing and monitoring phytoplankton in the English Channel/North Sea within the context of the project INTERREG IV A « 2 Mers Seas Zeeën » DYMAPHY.

Credit

Data producers : ULCO, UL1, CNRS (UMR LOG, Wimereux), IFREMER LER Boulogne sur Mer, CEFAS Lowestoft (U.K.), Rijkswaterstaat Waterdienst (NL)

Status

Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Laboratoire d’Océanographie et de Géosciences	Artigas Luis Felipe	felipe.artigas@univ-litttoral.fr	Local service desk

Maintenance and update frequency

Not planned

Maintenance note

Network duration : temporary network

Theme

• Phytoplankton

• Pelagic habitat

• Food chain

• Quality of the environment

• Measurement system

• Onboard scientific campaign

• Standardisation

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Environmental monitoring facilities

Sous-regions marines

• Channel-North Sea

DCSMM : Type d'espace concerné

• Pas d'espace particulier concerné

DCSMM : Descripteurs

• D1: Pelagic Habitats

• D4: Marine Food Webs

DCSMM : Méthodes de recueil des données

• Observation par transect

• Observation directe

• Observation en plein

• Observation par point

• Piégeage, capture

• Télédétection

Thèmes Sextant

• /Biological Environment/Habitats

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other legal constraints

Restricted access

Use limitation

The data are made available by the project partners, and will later be made available for the scientific community, particularly after optimisation by the data producers in scientific publications. In any publication, references must be credited to the DYMAPHY project, the INTERREG IVA « 2 Mers » programme, European financial backing such as FEDER and to partners (ULCO, UL1, CNRS, IFREMER, CEFAS, RWS).

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

50000

Language

Français

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Oceans

Supplemental Information

Project leader :

Geoscience and Oceanography Laboratory (LOG, Wimereux) – ULCO/UL1/CNRS 2012

Prime contractor :

Geoscience and Oceanography Laboratory (LOG, Wimereux) – ULCO/UL1/CNRS 2012

Backers :

European Funding for Regional Development 2012

Geoscience and Oceanography Laboratory (LOG, Wimereux) – ULCO – UL1 – CNRS 2012

IFREMER LER/BL

Rijswatersaat Waterdienst (NL)

CEFAS Lowestoft (U.K.)

Reference system identifier

EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 7.9

Topology level

Geometry only

Geometric object type

Complex

Geometric object count

0

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

This project, which was initially only planned for the second half of April 2012, was continued at the end of May and beginning of June in 2012, thus completing coverage of the area

These are the first continuous measurements to study distribution, structure and dynamics of phytoplankton communities in the Western English Channel over a large area. Preliminary results confirm the great diversity of the pelagic systems studied and have made it possible to monitor the limit of the dynamics between these systems.

These campaigns are parts of three measurement campaigns in shared seas organised between 2011 and 2012 in the Channel and North Sea: The Cefas Endeavor campaign in the North sea in May 2011, the DYPHYMA campaign in the Channel in Spring 2012 and the campaign in estuaries in the Netherlands in September 2012. Repeating this route at different times of year highlights the dynamic limitations of these systems as well as the diversity of the microalgae which characterise them. In the same way, to continue this programme in the future, it would be possible both to apply innovative techniques to ferry lines or research vessels, and to use in situ buoys.

Number of observation or measurement points: 70 discrete samples and hundreds of condinuous recordings

Description

Coverage of different pelagic ecosystems present in the western Channel : coastal waters, frontal waters, open water, estuarian plumes, comparison of flora compositions on both sides of the Channel (France and England).

Description

Data type :

Flora, pelagic habitats

Precision on the data type :

Groups, Phyla, Order, Class, Family, Genus and/or species of micro-algae (phytoplankton)

Related envioronmental parameters

Measured or observed parameters :

Microscopic counts

Cytometry groups

Spectral groups

Dissolved organic matter /particulate material

Temperature, salinity, oxygen content, turbidity, PAR, total fluorescence, optical properties of particulates and dissolved matter, particles

Parameters resolution :

As detailed as possible depending on the technique and the sample in question

Digital data

Update frequency :

Trips from the coast to open water

Trips across the Channel and in the North Sea

Coastal trips between different systems

Measurements taken at fixed points.

Observation frequency :

Continuous measurements acquisitions, taken every minute or every ten minutes

At least 10 discrete samples (surface and depth)

At least 10 profiles per day

Description

Data table for discrete samples

Table of processed cytometric and image analysis data

Inclusion in a shared database

Description

Environments Repository : coastal / pelagic

Taxonomic repository : Worms / EoL / publications (for flow cytometry)

Metadata

File identifier

5dbafe69-81cf-4202-b541-9f8b564fa6f9

Metadata language

Français

Other language

Language	Character encoding
English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Series

Date stamp

2020-06-04T00:24:54

Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139 - SEXTANT

Metadata standard version

1.0

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Sextant		sextant@ifremer.fr	Local service desk