INSPIRE Geoportal
MSFD Descriptor 1: Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Species Composition
The information gathered is part of Descriptor 1 of Commission Decision 2017/848/EU: specifically D1C6 (pelagic habitats). Plankton communities constitute an important component of such water column habitats, forming the base of marine foodwebs. The composition of these communities can provide a good indication of the status of pelagic ecosystems, also because plankton responds to anthropogenic pressures, in particular nutrient enrichment. In fact, this dataset includes a list of phytoplankton and zooplankton up to the lowest possible taxonomic scale and includes a count of abundance.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2023-10-31
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-08-12
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-10-31
- Citation identifier
- haleconnect.com/f0c93403-9e8a-4f31-a013-00b09ffde44a
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Environment and Resources Authority
Environment and Resources Authority
water@era.org water@era.org.mt
Point of contact
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no conditions to access and use
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Biota
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- Unique resource identifier
- ETRS89
- Distribution format
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Name Version onLine
1.0
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://haleconnect.com/ows/services/org.1261.a39edbde-90c7-4b24-96f1-8fe00ba1b688_wfs?SERVICE=WFS&Request=GetCapabilities
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://haleconnect.com/services/bsp/org.1261.a39edbde-90c7-4b24-96f1-8fe00ba1b688/service/atom/id_predefined_dataset
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://haleconnect.com/ows/services/org.1261.a39edbde-90c7-4b24-96f1-8fe00ba1b688_wms?SERVICE=WMS&Request=GetCapabilities
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Other
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dataset
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- INSPIRE Data Specification on Environmental Monitoring Facilities - Technical Guidelines
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2013-12-10
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
- Pass
- Yes
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Pass
- Yes
- Statement
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The data used emanates from the EU funded project EMFF 8.3.1 under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund 2014-2020 with a total cost of €1.6 million in public eligible EMFF funds (75% EU 25% MT). The ultimate goals of this European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF 2014-2020) project are to devise a holistic approach towards marine monitoring and develop a comprehensive database of data collected about the Maltese waters. The copyright of such data is the property of the project in line with the provisions of CT 3031/2016 and will remain vested in the project in question. The overall quality of the dataset is good. For phytoplankton: Niskin bottles were used for the collection of water samples at surface and subsurface depths (1-5m). For zooplankton: Sampling nets with a flow meter were used.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 4241e537-a8dd-472c-89e9-6f04571ea9c3 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-08-12
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115
- Metadata standard version
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2003
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Environment and Resources Authority
Environment and Resources Authority
water@era.org water@era.org.mt
Point of contact
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