Occurrences of planktonic organisms imaged by an Underwater Vision Profiler 6 on a SeaExplorer glider during the 2021 spring bloom in the North Western Mediterranean Sea

Sampling event
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Description

Regular glider surveys are conducted in the Ligurian Sea (North Western Mediterranean), between Nice and the DYFAMED sampling point. Between February and June 2021, i.e. during the spring bloom, the glider was equipped with an Underwater Vision Profiler: an intelligent camera system that records and process images, yielding images of all objects larger than ~600µm in Equivalent Spherical Diameter. These objects where then taxinomically assigned.For more details on the method see https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12566.

Data Records

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1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
7464
Occurrence 
40899

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Panaïotis T, Poteau A, Diamond E, Catalano C, Courchet L, Motreuil S, Coppola L, Picheral M, Irisson J (2026). Occurrences of planktonic organisms imaged by an Underwater Vision Profiler 6 on a SeaExplorer glider during the 2021 spring bloom in the North Western Mediterranean Sea. Version 1.2. EcoTaxa. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.data-terra.org/resource?r=uvp6_glider_planktonic_organism_north_western_mediterranean_sea&v=1.2

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GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Plankton; Imaging; EcoTaxa; UVP6; SeaExplorerGlider; Mediterranean Sea; Occurrence

Contacts

Thelma Panaïotis
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche
FR
Antoine Poteau
  • Originator
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche
FR
Emilie Diamond
  • Originator
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche
FR
Camille Catalano
  • Originator
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche
FR
Lucas Courchet
  • Originator
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche
FR
Solene Motreuil
  • Originator
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche
FR
Laurent Coppola
  • Originator
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche
FR
Marc Picheral
  • Originator
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche
FR
Jean-Olivier Irisson
  • Originator
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche
FR

Geographic Coverage

See coordinates

Bounding Coordinates South West [43.363, 7.228], North East [43.672, 7.922]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Phylum Annelida, Chaetognatha, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Echinodermata, Foraminifera, Mollusca
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Acantharia, Actinopterygii, Appendicularia, Hydrozoa, Malacostraca, Ostracoda, Scyphozoa
Subclass Copepoda, Eumalacostraca
Order Amphipoda, Calanoida, Collodaria, Euphausiacea, Narcomedusae, Phyllodocida, Pteropoda, Salpida, Siphonophorae, Trachymedusae
Suborder Gymnosomata, Hyperiidea
Family Aulacanthidae, Aulosphaeridae, Calanidae, Cavoliniidae, Coelodendridae, Creseidae, Euchaetidae, Limacinidae, Medusettidae, Salpidae, Scinidae, Tomopteridae, Tuscaroridae
Tribe Alciopini
Genus Creseis, Eukrohnia, Poeobius, Pyrosoma, Swima, Trichodesmium
Species Cavolinia inflexa, Periphylla periphylla, Salpa maxima

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2021-01-28 / 2021-06-28

Additional Metadata

Acknowledgements
Purpose
Maintenance Description periodic review of origin data
Alternative Identifiers 41d70113-be09-4f10-aad5-b02e2e085800
https://ipt.data-terra.org/resource?r=uvp6_glider_planktonic_organism_north_western_mediterranean_sea