Plankton abundance measured by flow cytometry from the long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2014 to 2017.

This dataset contains depth profiles of the abundance of groups of plankton as cells per millilitre, measured using flow cytometry from the long-term sampling station, E1 (50 2.05'N; 4 22.5'W) situated off the south-west coast of England, United Kingdom, from 2014 to 2017. The groups quantified are divided into phytoplankton and heterotrophs. Phytoplankton groups quantified are: Synechococcus sp. (cyanobacteria) (Syn), picoeukaryotes (smaller than 2 µm) (Peuk), cryptophytes (Crypto), coccolithophores (Cocco), small dinoflagellates (<20 µm) (Dino), Phaeocystis sp. (Pcystis) and nanoeukaryotes (Neuk) not already mentioned (2-20 µm). Heterotrophs quantified are: bacteria with relatively high nucleic acid content (HNA) and bacteria with relatively low DNA (LNA). Samples were collected and analysed from 2, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 60 m depths.

本数据集包含以细胞每毫升为单位的浮游生物类群丰度深度剖面数据，于2014至2017年间采用流式细胞术（flow cytometry），在英国英格兰西南海岸外的长期采样站E1（50°2.05'N；4°22.5'W）采集测定。所量化的类群分为浮游植物（phytoplankton）与异养生物（heterotrophs）两大类。其中量化的浮游植物类群包括：聚球藻属（Synechococcus sp.，蓝细菌）（Syn）、超微型真核生物（picoeukaryotes，粒径小于2 µm）（Peuk）、隐藻（cryptophytes，Crypto）、颗石藻（coccolithophores，Cocco）、小型甲藻（small dinoflagellates，粒径<20 µm）（Dino）、棕囊藻属（Phaeocystis sp.，Pcystis），以及未被列入上述类群的纳米级真核生物（nanoeukaryotes，Neuk，粒径2-20 µm）。量化的异养生物包括：高核酸含量细菌（HNA）与低核酸含量细菌（LNA）。样品分别在2、10、20、30、40及60米水深采集并分析。