oceandatafactory_algal_blooms_Sweden_20201018

Dataset containing images of algal blooms in Swedish waters, mainly the Baltic Sea. The data is provided with a metadata description containing date, location and coordinates of each image. The images and metadata file are archived in a zip package. Images show various summer surface accumulations of so-called harmful algal blooms (HABs) or nuisance blooms. Typically, these blooms consists of Cyanobacteria in the order of Nostocales, including toxic Nodularia and non-toxic Aphanizomenon. The blooms seen in the images have however not been taxonomically annotated by microscopy analysis.