PhytoBase: A global synthesis of open-ocean phytoplankton occurrences

Righetti, Damiano; Vogt, Meike; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.; Guiry, Michael D.; Gruber, Nicolas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-907-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-907-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-907-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

Data description paper

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24 Apr 2020

Data description paper |

| 24 Apr 2020

PhytoBase: A global synthesis of open-ocean phytoplankton occurrences

Damiano Righetti, Meike Vogt, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Michael D. Guiry, and Nicolas Gruber

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RC1: 'review essd-2019-159', Griet NEUKERMANS, 29 Oct 2019
RC2: 'Review comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Dec 2019
RC3: 'Review of the MS "PHYTOBASE: A global synthesis of open ocean phytoplankton" by Righetti et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 16 Dec 2019
AC1: 'Response to Reviews', Damiano Righetti, 13 Feb 2020

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AR by Damiano Righetti on behalf of the Authors (24 Feb 2020)

ED: Publish as is (11 Mar 2020) by François G. Schmitt

AR by Damiano Righetti on behalf of the Authors (12 Mar 2020)

Short summary

Phytoplankton sustain marine life, as they are the principal primary producers in the global ocean. Despite their ecological importance, their distribution and diversity patterns are poorly known, mostly due to data limitations. We present a global dataset that synthesizes over 1.3 million occurrences of phytoplankton from public archives. It is easily extendable. This dataset can be used to characterize phytoplankton distribution and diversity in current and future oceans.