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    Marine Phytoplankton Samples by Taxonomic Group

    Metadata Updated: July 12, 2025

    This dataset contains phytoplankton biovolume data from Puget Sound. For species level presence/absence data, please contact MarineWQ@kingcounty.gov . Please download the ReadMe file prior to using the data. For phytoplankton photos, go to https://green2.kingcounty.gov/marine/photo. For more information see the King County marine phytoplankton webpage.

    This specific dataset summarizes phytoplankton biovolume data to the lowest practical taxonomic unit. Additional datasets summarize abundance and biovolume data by:

    • Sample by Generic Functional Group

    • Sample by Specific Functional Group

    For locator information, see the WLRD Water Quality Collection Sites dataset.

    For corresponding water quality data matched by Grab ID see the Water Quality dataset.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date July 12, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from kingcounty json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date July 12, 2025
    Publisher data.kingcounty.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.kingcounty.gov/api/views/uydm-m3ym
    Data First Published 2020-02-27
    Data Last Modified 2025-03-27
    Category Environment & Waste Management
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.kingcounty.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 10c8c94f-691a-4e46-881b-7c617f028c39
    Harvest Source Id a91026a8-af79-4f8c-bcfe-e14f3d6aa4fb
    Harvest Source Title kingcounty json
    Homepage URL https://data.kingcounty.gov/d/uydm-m3ym
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 41c86d854dd5cd1369510969994b5968df320e9c36fcaf2abf2f5fcf2fdfce4d
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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