The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool: a digital tool to increase the discoverability and usability of plankton time-series data
Plankton form the base of the marine food web and are sensitive indicators of environmental change. Plankton time series are therefore an essential part of monitoring progress towards global biodiversity goals, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity Aichi Targets, and for informing ecosystem...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0326f3c23d834523906bffbc9c8d0580 2023-05-15T17:38:40+02:00 The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool: a digital tool to increase the discoverability and usability of plankton time-series data C. Ostle K. Paxman C. A. Graves M. Arnold L. F. Artigas A. Atkinson A. Aubert M. Baptie B. Bear J. Bedford M. Best E. Bresnan R. Brittain D. Broughton A. Budria K. Cook M. Devlin G. Graham N. Halliday P. Hélaouët M. Johansen D. G. Johns D. Lear M. Machairopoulou A. McKinney A. Mellor A. Milligan S. Pitois I. Rombouts C. Scherer P. Tett C. Widdicombe A. McQuatters-Gollop 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5617-2021 https://doaj.org/article/0326f3c23d834523906bffbc9c8d0580 EN eng Copernicus Publications https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/13/5617/2021/essd-13-5617-2021.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1866-3508 https://doaj.org/toc/1866-3516 doi:10.5194/essd-13-5617-2021 1866-3508 1866-3516 https://doaj.org/article/0326f3c23d834523906bffbc9c8d0580 Earth System Science Data, Vol 13, Pp 5617-5642 (2021) Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geology QE1-996.5 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5617-2021 2022-12-31T05:07:59Z Plankton form the base of the marine food web and are sensitive indicators of environmental change. Plankton time series are therefore an essential part of monitoring progress towards global biodiversity goals, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity Aichi Targets, and for informing ecosystem-based policy, such as the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Multiple plankton monitoring programmes exist in Europe, but differences in sampling and analysis methods prevent the integration of their data, constraining their utility over large spatio-temporal scales. The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool brings together disparate European plankton datasets into a central database from which it extracts abundance time series of plankton functional groups, called “lifeforms”, according to shared biological traits. This tool has been designed to make complex plankton datasets accessible and meaningful for policy, public interest, and scientific discovery. It allows examination of large-scale shifts in lifeform abundance or distribution (for example, holoplankton being partially replaced by meroplankton), providing clues to how the marine environment is changing. The lifeform method enables datasets with different plankton sampling and taxonomic analysis methodologies to be used together to provide insights into the response to multiple stressors and robust policy evidence for decision making. Lifeform time series generated with the Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool currently inform plankton and food web indicators for the UK's Marine Strategy, the EU's Marine Strategy Framework Directive, and for the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR) biodiversity assessments. The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool currently integrates 155 000 samples, containing over 44 million plankton records, from nine different plankton datasets within UK and European seas, collected between 1924 and 2017. Additional datasets can be added, and time series can be updated. The Plankton ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North East Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Earth System Science Data 13 12 5617 5642 |
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Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geology QE1-996.5 C. Ostle K. Paxman C. A. Graves M. Arnold L. F. Artigas A. Atkinson A. Aubert M. Baptie B. Bear J. Bedford M. Best E. Bresnan R. Brittain D. Broughton A. Budria K. Cook M. Devlin G. Graham N. Halliday P. Hélaouët M. Johansen D. G. Johns D. Lear M. Machairopoulou A. McKinney A. Mellor A. Milligan S. Pitois I. Rombouts C. Scherer P. Tett C. Widdicombe A. McQuatters-Gollop The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool: a digital tool to increase the discoverability and usability of plankton time-series data |
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Plankton form the base of the marine food web and are sensitive indicators of environmental change. Plankton time series are therefore an essential part of monitoring progress towards global biodiversity goals, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity Aichi Targets, and for informing ecosystem-based policy, such as the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Multiple plankton monitoring programmes exist in Europe, but differences in sampling and analysis methods prevent the integration of their data, constraining their utility over large spatio-temporal scales. The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool brings together disparate European plankton datasets into a central database from which it extracts abundance time series of plankton functional groups, called “lifeforms”, according to shared biological traits. This tool has been designed to make complex plankton datasets accessible and meaningful for policy, public interest, and scientific discovery. It allows examination of large-scale shifts in lifeform abundance or distribution (for example, holoplankton being partially replaced by meroplankton), providing clues to how the marine environment is changing. The lifeform method enables datasets with different plankton sampling and taxonomic analysis methodologies to be used together to provide insights into the response to multiple stressors and robust policy evidence for decision making. Lifeform time series generated with the Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool currently inform plankton and food web indicators for the UK's Marine Strategy, the EU's Marine Strategy Framework Directive, and for the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR) biodiversity assessments. The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool currently integrates 155 000 samples, containing over 44 million plankton records, from nine different plankton datasets within UK and European seas, collected between 1924 and 2017. Additional datasets can be added, and time series can be updated. The Plankton ... |
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C. Ostle K. Paxman C. A. Graves M. Arnold L. F. Artigas A. Atkinson A. Aubert M. Baptie B. Bear J. Bedford M. Best E. Bresnan R. Brittain D. Broughton A. Budria K. Cook M. Devlin G. Graham N. Halliday P. Hélaouët M. Johansen D. G. Johns D. Lear M. Machairopoulou A. McKinney A. Mellor A. Milligan S. Pitois I. Rombouts C. Scherer P. Tett C. Widdicombe A. McQuatters-Gollop |
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The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool: a digital tool to increase the discoverability and usability of plankton time-series data |
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The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool: a digital tool to increase the discoverability and usability of plankton time-series data |
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The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool: a digital tool to increase the discoverability and usability of plankton time-series data |
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