Note
In the article by Amadei Martínez et al. (2020), the formula used to calculate phytoplankton densities was found erroneous. This formula led to the overestimation of densities in the dataset releases of Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium 2019, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium 2020a, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium 2020b).
The formula has been updated and the entire dataset has been rectified. Recent dataset releases, i.e. Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium 2021) and subsequent, will use the following formula to calculate phytoplankton densities:
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References
- Amadei Martínez Luz, Mortelmans Jonas, Dillen Nick, Debusschere Elisabeth, Deneudt Klaas. LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. Biodiversity Data Journal. 2020;8 doi: 10.3897/bdj.8.e57236. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
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- Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) Belgium. LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. 2020 doi: 10.14284/416. [DOI]
- Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) Belgium. LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. 2020 doi: 10.14284/424. [DOI]
- Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) Belgium. LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by imaging flow cytometry (FlowCam) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. 2021 doi: 10.14284/527. [DOI]