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Plankton Imager (Pi-10) dataset collected by VLIZ for OSPAR-relevant taxonomic classification in the Belgian part of the North Sea

Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

This dataset contains a curated collection of plankton images acquired with the Plankton Imager Pi-10 exclusively in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS). The images are organized in taxon-specific folders and are intended for the development, training and validation of automated image-classification models supporting plankton monitoring and pelagic ecosystem assessments. Particular attention is given to the reliable discrimination of taxa and broader plankton lifeforms relevant to assessments conducted within the framework of the OSPAR Convention.


Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Plankton
Keywords:
Plankton · Belgian part of the North Sea

Geographical coverage
Belgian part of the North Sea [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
1 April 2024 - 30 December 2025
Quasi continuous (< 1 min.)

Parameter

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata creatortaxonomic identifierdata manager

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
VLIZ observatory data: shipboard underway plankton biodiversity observations by flow-through imaging (Plankton Imager, Pi-10) in the Southern North Sea, more

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Metadatarecord created: 2026-07-27
Information last updated: 2026-07-27
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