Phytoplankton in rivers in Flanders Belgium
Citation
Vyverman W, Van Wichelen J, Sweetlove M (2019). Phytoplankton in rivers in Flanders Belgium. Version 1.4. Ghent University. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/e2l81a accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
Monitoring data from Flemish rivers and channels. The data contains phytoplankton counts of Flemish lakes and pools. Water bodies were monthly sampled during the growing season of a one-year period, from a bridge of the shore using a bucket. Each time, a 250ml subsample fixed using 125µl alcalic lugol, 6.25ml borax buffered formaldehyde (35%) and 250µm sodiumthiosulfaat (5 %).Samples were kept dark and cool until microscopic analysis, which was executed according to the European CEN-standard (EN 15204, 2006). In this method, a known volume of the sample was concentrated in a cuvet, after which different phytoplankton taxa were identified along a transect using an inverted microscope (Wild M40). When to much detritus was present, samples were coloured using Bengal red, to enable recognizing cells. For each sample, at least 250 individuals were counted, which was used to calculated to number of individuals per ml. Colonies were counted as one individual.Sampling Description
Study Extent
covered timeframe: year from 2007 to 2007 historical data: no season: spring, summer temporal resolution/frequency of sampling: per month time series data: yes sample specification: quantitative (abundance data) replicate samples: noSampling
specification of method(s) used for sampling and sorting: Water bodies were monthly sampled during the growing season of a one-year period, from a bridge of the shore using a bucket. Each time, a 250ml subsample fixed using 125µl alcalic lugol, 6.25ml borax buffered formaldehyde (35%) and 250µm sodiumthiosulfaat (5 %).Samples were kept dark and cool until microscopic analysis, which was executed according to the European CEN-standard (EN 15204, 2006). In this method, a known volume of the sample was concentrated in a cuvet, after which different phytoplankton taxa were identified along a transect using an inverted microscope (Wild M40). When to much detritus was present, samples were coloured using Bengal red, to enable recognizing cells. For each sample, at least 250 individuals were counted, which was used to calculated to number of individuals per ml. Colonies were counted as one individual.Method steps
- commonly used series of methods steps regarding phytoplankton (e.g. sampling, identification, data management)
Taxonomic Coverages
all unicellular eukaryotes and cyanobacteria
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Eukaryacommon name: eukaryotes rank: domain
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Cyanobacteriacommon name: cyanobacteria rank: phylum
Geographic Coverages
Rivers, canals and streams from the Flemish part of Belgium.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Wim Vyvermanoriginator
position: prof. dr.
Ghent University
Krijgslaan 281
Gent
9000
BE
email: wim.vyverman@ugent.be
Jeroen Van Wichelen
originator
instituut natuur- en bosonderzoek (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Anderlecht
1070
BE
email: jeroen.vanwichelen@inbo.be
Maxime Sweetlove
metadata author
position: phd student
Ghent University
Krijgslaan 281
Gent
9000
email: maxime.sweetlove@ugent.be
Wim Vyverman
content provider
position: prof. dr.
Ghent University
Krijgslaan 281
9000
BE
email: wim.vyverman@ugent.be
Jeroen Vanwichelen
content provider
position: dr.
instituut natuur- en bosonderzoek (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Anderlecht
1070
BE
email: jeroen.vanwichelen@inbo.be
Jeroen Van Wichelen
administrative point of contact
position: dr.
instituut natuur- en bosonderzoek (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
Anderlecht
1070
BE
email: jeroen.vanwichelen@inbo.be