Microplankton species collected in the Ría de Vigo (Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula) in 2012 (Project DISTRAL)

This is a collection of microplankton species abundances that was collected during 2012 at Ría de Vigo.<br><br>These datasets of species were collected during a nine cruises campaign at central station of Ría de Vigo (42º14.09’ N, 8º47.18’ W, Galicia, NW Peninsula Ibérica). Sampling procedures are fully explained in "P. Cermeño et al. (2014) Sampling the limits of species richness in marine phytoplankton communities. J. Plankton Res. (2014) 36 (4): 1135-1139. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbu033.<br><br>All data is available in open document formats (ODS and R data files) and in a XLS document format.<br><br>"Metadata" file indicates the sampling cruises names, dates and information about the sampling technique used (bottles or nets), Chl-a concentration and volume sedimented for each sub-sample. Diatoms and dinoflagellates of the microplankton size fraction were counted and identified at taxonomical level for bottle samples. Net samples were used for discovering new species that hadn't been observed in bottle samples yet.<br><br>Files starting with "DISTRAL_" contain the species abundances and presence/absence for each cruise. Sampling dates are listed in both files and tab names. Which rows contain abundance or presence/absence information can be seen in the metadata file (While bottle means abundance, net indicates presence/absence).<br><br>"List of spp" file lists all the species present in the whole samples collection. There, an identification value ("ID") indicates which column name each of the species were given.<br><br>