Marine biological data of Sweden

SHARK ("Svenskt HavsARKiv" / "Swedish Ocean Archive") is the national marine biological monitoring database of Sweden, holding monitoring data on phytoplankton, zooplankton, bacterioplankton, phytobenthos, zoobenthos, seals, primary production, sedimentation and chlorophyll measurements. In total 212 data providers have delivered data to SMHI, representing some 441 155 biological records, 35 189 chemical and physical records coming from 24 867 stations and 56 337 samples (in October 2009).