Nutrients and phytoplankton pigment concentrations at the Santa Severa station (Corsica Channel, Corsica)

This dataset contains time series (2019 - 2024) of monthly nutrient and HPLC phytoplankton pigment concentrations measured at the Santa Severa station. The station is located over the 5 m isobath at the exit of a small fishing harbor in a area subject to variable freshwater inputs.
The analyzed nutrients (in uM) are nitrate (NO3), nitrite (NO2), ammonia (NH4) and silicate (Si(OH)4). 
The measured pigments (in ng L-1) include chlorophyll a (chl a), divinyl chlorophyll a (DVchl a), total chlorophyll a (Tchl a), peridinin (Peri), 19'-butanoyloxyfucoxanthin (Buta), fucoxanthin (Fuco), neoxanthin (Neo), prasinoxanthin (Prasino), violaxanthin (Viola), 19'-hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin (19’HF), alloxanthin (Allo), zeaxanthin (Zea), lutein (Lutein) and total chlorophyll b (Tchl b). Sampling and analysis methods are described in Goffart et al. (2015).
These data contribute to characterize seasonal patterns of phytoplankton biomass and composition in a region where very limited information on phytoplankton dynamics is available. The data are also used to calibrate and validate ocean color remote sensing algorithms and to infer phytoplankton functional types using machine learning approaches.