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Data description paper |
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Metazoan zooplankton in the Bay of Biscay: a 16-year record of individual sizes and abundances obtained using the ZooScan and ZooCAM imaging systems
DECOD (Ecosystem Dynamics and Sustainability), IFREMER, INRAE, Institut Agro, Nantes, Centre Atlantique, Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes CEDEX 03, France
Paul Bourriau
DECOD (Ecosystem Dynamics and Sustainability), IFREMER, INRAE, Institut Agro, Nantes, Centre Atlantique, Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes CEDEX 03, France
Edwin Daché
Unité Biologie et Ecologie des Ecosystèmes marins Profonds, Laboratoire Environnement Profond, Ifremer Centre Bretagne, ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070, 29280 Plouzané, France
Marie-Madeleine Danielou
Unité DYNECO-PELAGOS, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Pélagique, Ifremer Centre Bretagne, ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070, 29280 Plouzané, France
Mathieu Doray
DECOD (Ecosystem Dynamics and Sustainability), IFREMER, INRAE, Institut Agro, Nantes, Centre Atlantique, Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes CEDEX 03, France
Christine Dupuy
BIOFEEL, UMRi LIENSs, La Rochelle University/CNRS, 2, rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France
Bertrand Forest
Laboratoire Hydrodynamique Marine, Unité RDT, Ifremer Centre Bretagne, ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070, 29280 Plouzané, France
Laetitia Jalabert
Sorbonne Université, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche, 06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France
Martin Huret
DECOD (Ecosystem Dynamics and Sustainability), IFREMER, INRAE, Institut Agro, Centre Bretagne, ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070, 29280 Plouzané, France
Sophie Le Mestre
DECOD (Ecosystem Dynamics and Sustainability), IFREMER, INRAE, Institut Agro, Centre Bretagne, ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070, 29280 Plouzané, France
Antoine Nowaczyk
UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC–OASU, Station Marine d'Arcachon, Université de Bordeaux, 2 Rue du Professeur Jolyet, 33120 Arcachon, France
Pierre Petitgas
Departement Ressources Biologiques et Environnement, Ifremer Centre Atlantique, Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes CEDEX 03, France
Philippe Pineau
BIOFEEL, UMRi LIENSs, La Rochelle University/CNRS, 2, rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France
Justin Rouxel
Laboratoire Détection, Capteurs et Mesures, Unité RDT, Ifremer Centre Bretagne, ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070, 29280 Plouzané, France
Morgan Tardivel
Laboratoire Détection, Capteurs et Mesures, Unité RDT, Ifremer Centre Bretagne, ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070, 29280 Plouzané, France
Jean-Baptiste Romagnan
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DECOD (Ecosystem Dynamics and Sustainability), IFREMER, INRAE, Institut Agro, Nantes, Centre Atlantique, Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes CEDEX 03, France
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We present two space- and time-resolved zooplankton datasets originating from samples collected in the Bay of Biscay in spring over the 2004–2019 period and imaged with the interoperable imaging systems ZooScan and ZooCAM. These datasets are suited for long-term size-based or combined size- and taxonomy-based ecological studies of zooplankton. The set of sorted images are provided along with a set of morphological descriptors that are useful when machine learning is applied to plankton studies.
We present two space- and time-resolved zooplankton datasets originating from samples collected...
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