First release of the Pelagic Size Structure database: global datasets of marine size spectra obtained from plankton imaging devices

Dugenne, Mathilde; Corrales-Ugalde, Marco; Luo, Jessica Y.; Kiko, Rainer; O'Brien, Todd D.; Irisson, Jean-Olivier; Lombard, Fabien; Stemmann, Lars; Stock, Charles; Anderson, Clarissa R.; Babin, Marcel; Bhairy, Nagib; Bonnet, Sophie; Carlotti, Francois; Cornils, Astrid; Crockford, E. Taylor; Daniel, Patrick; Desnos, Corinne; Drago, Laetitia; Elineau, Amanda; Fischer, Alexis; Grandrémy, Nina; Grondin, Pierre-Luc; Guidi, Lionel; Guieu, Cecile; Hauss, Helena; Hayashi, Kendra; Huggett, Jenny A.; Jalabert, Laetitia; Karp-Boss, Lee; Kenitz, Kasia M.; Kudela, Raphael M.; Lescot, Magali; Marec, Claudie; McDonnell, Andrew; Mériguet, Zoe; Niehoff, Barbara; Noyon, Margaux; Panaïotis, Thelma; Peacock, Emily; Picheral, Marc; Riquier, Emilie; Roesler, Collin; Romagnan, Jean-Baptiste; Sosik, Heidi M.; Spencer, Gretchen; Taucher, Jan; Tilliette, Chloé; Vilain, Marion

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-2971-2024

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-2971-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-2971-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

Data description paper

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26 Jun 2024

Data description paper |

| 26 Jun 2024

First release of the Pelagic Size Structure database: global datasets of marine size spectra obtained from plankton imaging devices

Mathilde Dugenne, Marco Corrales-Ugalde, Jessica Y. Luo, Rainer Kiko, Todd D. O'Brien, Jean-Olivier Irisson, Fabien Lombard, Lars Stemmann, Charles Stock, Clarissa R. Anderson, Marcel Babin, Nagib Bhairy, Sophie Bonnet, Francois Carlotti, Astrid Cornils, E. Taylor Crockford, Patrick Daniel, Corinne Desnos, Laetitia Drago, Amanda Elineau, Alexis Fischer, Nina Grandrémy, Pierre-Luc Grondin, Lionel Guidi, Cecile Guieu, Helena Hauss, Kendra Hayashi, Jenny A. Huggett, Laetitia Jalabert, Lee Karp-Boss, Kasia M. Kenitz, Raphael M. Kudela, Magali Lescot, Claudie Marec, Andrew McDonnell, Zoe Mériguet, Barbara Niehoff, Margaux Noyon, Thelma Panaïotis, Emily Peacock, Marc Picheral, Emilie Riquier, Collin Roesler, Jean-Baptiste Romagnan, Heidi M. Sosik, Gretchen Spencer, Jan Taucher, Chloé Tilliette, and Marion Vilain

Data sets

A Pelagic Size Structure database (PSSdb) to support biogeochemical modeling: update to first release Mathilde Dugenne et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11050013

Model code and software

jessluo/PSSdb: A Pelagic Size Structure database (PSSdb) to support biogeochemical modeling: third update to first release (v2024-04) J. Y. Luo et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11983391

Short summary

Plankton and particles influence carbon cycling and energy flow in marine ecosystems. We used three types of novel plankton imaging systems to obtain size measurements from a range of plankton and particle sizes and across all major oceans. Data were compiled and cross-calibrated from many thousands of images, showing seasonal and spatial changes in particle size structure in different ocean basins. These datasets form the first release of the Pelagic Size Structure database (PSSdb).