Burrishoole Long Term Ecological Monitoring of Lough Feeagh and Furnace

Phytoplankton are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of oceans, seas and freshwater basin ecosystems. The name comes from the Greek words phyton, meaning plant and planktos, meaning wanderer or drifter. Most phytoplankton are too small to be individually seen with the unaided eye. However, when present in high enough numbers, some varieties may be noticeable as colored patches on the water surface due to the presence of chlorophyll within their cells and accessory pigments (such as phycobiliproteins or xanthophylls) in some species. This data collection activity includes sampling of phytoplankton within the Burrishoole catchment lakes Lough Feeagh and Lough Furnace. Phytoplankton has been sampled on a continuous basis since 2008. Phytoplankton has been collected via water samples and laboratory analysis. Phytoplankton has been sampled to support information and knowledge on the health of the catchment lakes ecosystem. Phytoplankton has been collected by the Newport catchment facility team of the Marine Institute. Dataset complete for the samples collected since the activity became operational.浮游植物（Phytoplankton）是浮游生物群落中的自养组分，也是海洋、近海与淡水流域生态系统的关键组成部分。其名称源自希腊语词汇：phyton意为“植物”，planktos意为“漫游者或漂流者”。绝大多数浮游植物体型极小，无法通过肉眼直接观测到单个个体。但当种群数量达到足够规模时，部分类群可因其细胞内的叶绿素，以及部分物种体内的辅助色素（如藻胆蛋白或叶黄素），在水面呈现出可见的有色斑块。本次数据采集活动针对布里肖尔（Burrishoole）流域的费湖（Lough Feeagh）与弗纳斯湖（Lough Furnace）内的浮游植物开展采样工作。自2008年起，该采样工作便持续开展至今。采样通过采集水样并进行实验室分析的方式完成，其目的是为该流域湖泊生态系统的健康状况相关信息与认知提供支撑。本次采集工作由海洋研究所（Marine Institute）纽波特流域团队负责实施。自项目正式运行以来所采集的全部样本均已完成数据集整合。