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SUBMITTER: Davies CH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5819481 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific data 20180220
Chlorophyll a is the most commonly used indicator of phytoplankton biomass in the marine environment. It is relatively simple and cost effective to measure when compared to phytoplankton abundance and is thus routinely included in many surveys. Here we collate 173, 333 records of chlorophyll a collected since 1965 from Australian waters gathered from researchers on regular coastal monitoring surveys and ocean voyages into a single repository. This dataset includes the chlorophyll a values as mea ...[more]