Institute of Marine Ecology and Conservation, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan.
Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan.
Sci Data. 2024 Aug 23;11(1):917. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-03784-1.
Plankton plays important roles in the marine ecosystems as important producers for primary production, major components in the global biogeochemical cycles, and the foundation of the marine food web. Despite their importance, long-term monitoring data about marine plankton are fairly limited, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. We fill this knowledge gap by providing a 29-year long-term monitoring data on the coastal areas of western Taiwan quarterly from 1993 to 2021. This long-term monitoring data can be used to set proper baseline for detecting human-induced impacts on the plankton, as well as modelling future scenarios under global changes.
浮游生物在海洋生态系统中扮演着重要的角色，是初级生产力的重要生产者，是全球生物地球化学循环的主要组成部分，也是海洋食物网的基础。尽管它们很重要，但长期的海洋浮游生物监测数据相当有限，特别是在亚太地区。我们通过提供 1993 年至 2021 年期间台湾西部沿海地区每季度的 29 年长期监测数据来填补这一知识空白。这些长期监测数据可用于为检测人类对浮游生物的影响设定适当的基线，并在全球变化下模拟未来的情景。
