CEMP Guidelines: Phytoplankton monitoring

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Authors

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OSPAR Commission

Publication date

1997

Publisher

OSPAR Commission

Journal

Spatial Coverage

Geographical Scope

Regional

Sea Region

Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)
Arctic Ocean
North Sea
Celtic Sea
Bay of Biscay
North Atlantic Ocean

Categories

Categories

biota
suspended particulate material
water body

Discipline

Parameter discipline

Marine Biodiversity
Marine Chemistry

Instruments and Platforms

Instrument

optical microscopes
discrete water samplers
fluorescence microscopes
plankton nets

Platform

research vessel
vessel of opportunity
surface vessel
moored surface buoy
vessel of opportunity on fixed route
satellite

Methods Status

Maturity Level

Level 4: Better Practice - Developed and Adopted

Abstract

This document describes phytoplankton species composition monitoring guidelines for the OSPAR area. “Phytoplankton” is here used throughout as a simple umbrella term to encompass prokaryotes as well as eukaryotes, but is limited to protists, whatever their size and trophic mode (i.e. auto-mixo or heterotroph). Micrometazoa <200 um and also larger metazoans are thus excluded from this definition. The scope of the guidelines includes eutrophication, biodiversity, invasive species, harmful algal blooms and climate change. This document replaces the document ‘JAMP Eutrophication Monitoring Guidelines: Phytoplankton Species Composition’, adopted 1997 in Brussels. (Ref. No.: Agreement 1997-05).

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Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal

Citation

OSPAR Commission (2016) CEMP Guidelines: Phytoplankton monitoring (OSPAR Agreement 2016-06). London, UK, OSPAR Commission, 11pp. DOI:

Variables

Applications

MSFD

Descriptor 1: Marine Biodiversity
Descriptor 2: Non-indigenous species
Descriptor 4: Food webs
Descriptor 5: Eutrophication
Climate change

MSP

Biodiversity and Conservation
Scientific Research and Monitoring

GOOS Application

Biodiversity analysis and assessment
Hazard response/early warning systems

GOOS EOV Phenomena

Ocean Obs Societal Need

Ocean health
Climate

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development::14.a Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries

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