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Processed variables: concentration of zooplankton #204

Closed EOGrady21 closed 8 months ago

EOGrady21 commented 8 months ago

Hi! This is my first question/issue so please let me know if there are any formatting problems.

I am attempting to map some zooplankton data products to dwc names. The data is a processed form of zooplankton observations. During the processing the data is 'binned' into depth sections and a concentration of each taxonomic group is calculated (the number of organisms / sampled volume [m3]).

I'm wondering if there is a standard way of representing this and what the naming convention might be?

Please let me know if you need additional information.

Thanks!

pieterprovoost commented 8 months ago

@EOGrady21 We have a section on zooplankton data and Darwin Core in the OBIS manual, with reference to Best practices and recommendations for plankton imaging data management: Ensuring effective data flow towards European data infrastructures.

Please let us know if you have any questions about any of this.

EOGrady21 commented 8 months ago

Thank you! This is great info. It seems like these resources would point to using BODC::P01 name (SDBIOL01) to describe the abundance data.