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Marine Phytoplankton Surveys (Biosys)

Publisher
Environment Agency
Updated
1 August 2025
Topic
Not set

Summary

The Environment Agency undertakes freshwater and marine biological monitoring in England. This dataset contains site, sample and taxa information from marine phytoplankton surveys carried out across England from 1993 onwards. Notes:

  • These survey data are stored in an archive more commonly known as BIOSYS.
  • Pollution Samples are excluded from the dataset. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.

Data links

Link Format Preview Updated
Ecology and Fish Data FAQs 1/8/2025
ECOLOGY_FISH_API HTML 1/8/2025
ECOLOGY_FISH_DATA_EXPLORER 1/8/2025
Marine_phytoplankton_surveys_(Biosys).pdf PDF 1/8/2025

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
28 July 2025
Harvest GUID
58da641e-4b07-47af-bf37-0156f14e1d88
Extent (Latitude)
55.816° to 49.943°
Extent (Longitude)
-6.236° to 2.072°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date (creation)
2021-02-01
Dataset reference date (revision)
2022-06-30
Frequency of update
monthly
Access constraints
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Responsible party
Environment Agency (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng