ICES Historical Plankton Dataset

Data from seven historical ICES volumes has been digitized and quality checked through a cooperative project between SAHFOS, ICES and the University of Plymouth (UK). Data include >13,000 plankton samples. Approximately 2000 taxa, many identified to species level, are included. The data are from a variety of cruises. Within EurOBIS and EMODnet, presence only values have been made available.

ICES Bulletin Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1901-1902 ICES Bulletin Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1902-1903 Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1903-1904 Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1904-1905 Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1905-1906 Resultats Acquis Pendant les Courses Periodiques 1906-1907 Bulletin Planktonique 1907-1912

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Temporal extent1901-01-01 – 1912-06-09
Date (publication)2011-05-20
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-04
Created2026-11-04
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