A database of marine phytoplankton abundance, biomass and species composition in Australian waters.
There have been many individual phytoplankton datasets collected across Australia since the mid 1900s, but most are unavailable to the research community. We have searched archives, contacted researchers, and scanned the primary and grey literature to collate 3,621,847 records of marine phytoplankton species from Australian waters from 1844 to the present. Many of these are small datasets collected for local questions, but combined they provide over 170 years of data on phytoplankton communities in Australian waters. Units and taxonomy have been standardised, obviously erroneous data removed, and all metadata included. We have lodged this dataset with the Australian Ocean Data Network (http://portal.aodn.org.au/) allowing public access. The Australian Phytoplankton Database will be invaluable for global change studies, as it allows analysis of ecological indicators of climate change and eutrophication (e.g., changes in distribution; diatom:dinoflagellate ratios). In addition, the standardised conversion of abundance records to biomass provides modellers with quantifiable data to initialise and validate ecosystem models of lower marine trophic levels.
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.
Claire H
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Davies
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Queensland 4072, Australia.
Alex
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Coughlan
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 129, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
Gustaaf
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Hallegraeff
Plant Functional Biology &Climate Change Cluster (C3),University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, New South Wales 2007, Australia.
Penelope
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Ajani
Biological Sciences/Marine Research Centre/Climate Futures, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales 2109, Australia.
Linda
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Armbrecht
eMarine Information Infrastructure, Integrated Marine Observing System University of Tasmania, Private Bag 110, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
Natalia
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Atkins
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.
Prudence
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Bonham
Microalgal Services, 308 Tucker Road, Ormond Victoria 3204, Australia.
Steve
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Brett
Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB No 3, Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia.
Richard
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Brinkman
Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia.
Michele
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Burford
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.
Lesley
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Clementson
Natural Resources, Hornsby Shire Council, 296 Peats Ferry Rd, Hornsby New South Wales 2077, Australia.
Peter
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Coad
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, EcoSciences Precinct, GPO Box 2583, Dutton Park, Queensland 4001, Australia.
Frank
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Coman
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.|Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Private bag 80, Hobart, Tasmania 7001,Australia.
Diana
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Davies
Waters, Wetlands and Coasts Science Branch, New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, PO Box A290, Sydney South, New South Wales 1232, Australia.
Jocelyn
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Dela-Cruz
Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, ATSIP Building 145 James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia.
Michelle
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Devlin
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, EcoSciences Precinct, GPO Box 2583, Dutton Park, Queensland 4001, Australia.
Steven
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Edgar
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.|Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 129, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
Ruth
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Eriksen
Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB No 3, Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia.
Miles
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Furnas
Institute F.-A. Forel, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, 66 Bvd Carl-Vogt, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
Christel
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Hassler
Microalgal Services, 308 Tucker Road, Ormond Victoria 3204, Australia.
David
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Hill
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Sciences, Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation, EcoSciences Precinct, GPO Box 5078, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia.
Michael
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Holmes
Waters, Wetlands and Coasts Science Branch, New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, PO Box A290, Sydney South, New South Wales 1232, Australia.
Tim
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Ingleton
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.
Ian
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Jameson
School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO BOX 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia.
Sophie C
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Leterme
Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB No 3, Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia.
Christian
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Lønborg
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Underwood Avenue, Floreat, Western Australia 6014, Australia.
James
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McLaughlin
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.
Felicity
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McEnnulty
Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB No 3, Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia.
A David
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McKinnon
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, EcoSciences Precinct, GPO Box 2583, Dutton Park, Queensland 4001, Australia.
Margaret
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Miller
Plant Functional Biology &Climate Change Cluster (C3),University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, New South Wales 2007, Australia.
Shauna
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Murray
South Australian Research and Development Institute-Aquatic Sciences, PO Box120, Henley Beach, South Australia 5022, Australia.
Sasi
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Nayar
Environment Protection Authority, Centre for Applied Science, Ernest Jones Drive, Macleod, Victoria 3085, Australia.
Renee
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Patten
Sarah A
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Pausina
Waters, Wetlands and Coasts Science Branch, New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, PO Box A290, Sydney South, New South Wales 1232, Australia.
Tim
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Pritchard
eMarine Information Infrastructure, Integrated Marine Observing System University of Tasmania, Private Bag 110, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
Roger
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Proctor
Australian Institute of Marine Science &North Australia Marine Research Alliance (NAMRA), Arafura Timor Research Facility, Darwin, Northern Territory 0810, Australia.
Diane
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Purcell-Meyerink
The Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, M470, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, 6009 Western Australia, Australia.
Eric
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Raes
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4222, Australia.
David
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Rissik
Warringah Council, Civic Drive, 725 Pittwater Road, Dee Why, New South Wales 2099, Australia.
Jason
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Ruszczyk
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, EcoSciences Precinct, GPO Box 2583, Dutton Park, Queensland 4001, Australia.
Anita
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Slotwinski
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 129, Tasmania 7001, Australia.|Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Private bag 80, Hobart, Tasmania 7001,Australia.
Kerrie M
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Swadling
eMarine Information Infrastructure, Integrated Marine Observing System University of Tasmania, Private Bag 110, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
Katherine
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Tattersall
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.
Peter
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Thompson
The Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, M470, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, 6009 Western Australia, Australia.|School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
Paul
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Thomson
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, EcoSciences Precinct, GPO Box 2583, Dutton Park, Queensland 4001, Australia.
Mark
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Tonks
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.|Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Private bag 80, Hobart, Tasmania 7001,Australia.
Thomas W
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Trull
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, EcoSciences Precinct, GPO Box 2583, Dutton Park, Queensland 4001, Australia.
Julian
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Uribe-Palomino
School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.|Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany and University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
Anya M
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Waite
Plant Functional Biology &Climate Change Cluster (C3),University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, New South Wales 2007, Australia.
Rouna
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Yauwenas
New South Wales Government Food Authority, 6 Avenue of the Americas, Newington, New South Wales 2127, Australia.
Anthony
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Zammit
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, EcoSciences Precinct, GPO Box 2583, Dutton Park, Queensland 4001, Australia.|Centre for Applications in Natural Resource Mathematics (CARM), School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.
Anthony J
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Richardson
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