Figure 3. Demonstrated uses of phytoplankton data in the Australian Phytoplankton Database.

(a) Map showing the range extension of Noctiluca scintillans over the past 150 years²⁸; (b) Parameterisation of an ecosystem model (Atlantis) of diatom abundance using satellite chlorophyll Phytoplankton Functional Type analysis and the Continuous Plankton Recorder species ratios; (c) Diatom diversity by latitude from the Continuous Plankton Recorder; (d) Distribution of potentially harmful algal bloom species Dinophysis tripos.