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PELD-ELPA Phytoplankton and water quality parameters in the Patos Lagoon estuary and adjacent marine coast

Dataset homepage

Citation

Odebrecht C, Abreu P C (2022). PELD-ELPA Phytoplankton and water quality parameters in the Patos Lagoon estuary and adjacent marine coast. Version 1.10. Sistema de Informação sobre a Biodiversidade Brasileira - SiBBr. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xmlvxm accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-16.

Description

Phytoplankton and water quality parameters are analyzed monthly since 1993 at two stations in the Patos Lagoon Estuary and at one station in the surf zone of the adjacent Cassino Beach. This data series provides unique long-term information enabling the evaluation of natural and anthropic impacts in the estuarine and coastal region in southern Brazil.

Purpose

The general purposes of this data bank are to provide information on long term studies developed in the Patos Lagoon estuary.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Phytoplankton and water quality parameters have been continuously sampled since 1993 i.e., the time series comprise over twenty years of environmental and biological data.

Sampling

The following physical water parameters are obtained in situ: temperature (mercury thermometer); salinity (optical refractometer or conductivity meter Yellow Spring, mod. 33 SCT); water transparency (Secchi disk). Surface water is sampled with a bucket and stored in the dark in plastic bottles for the analysis of dissolved inorganic nutrients and chlorophyll-a in the laboratory.

Quality Control

Responsible researchers and the classical methods are the same employed since the beginning of the time series. Thus, methodology influence is minimal. Technical assistance for sampling and nutrient analysis changed during the years, and also of phytoplankton counting (six persons), always under supervision of the responsible researchers.

Method steps

  1. For phytoplankton counting, surface water samples are stored in amber glass bottles and fixed with lugol´s solution (2%). Plankton is also concentrated by horizontal tows using a 20 μm mesh size plankton net and stored in glass bottles fixed with fomaldehyde (4%) neutralized with hexamethylentetramine.

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Bacteria
    rank: kingdom
  2. Chromista
    rank: kingdom
  3. Plantae
    rank: kingdom
  4. Protozoa
    rank: kingdom
  5. Bacillariophyta
    rank: phylum
  6. Charophyta
    rank: phylum
  7. Chlorophyta
    rank: phylum
  8. Ciliophora
    rank: phylum
  9. Cryptophyta
    rank: phylum
  10. Cyanobacteria
    rank: phylum
  11. Euglenozoa
    rank: phylum
  12. Miozoa
    rank: phylum
  13. Ochrophyta
    rank: phylum
  14. Bacillariophyceae
    rank: class
  15. Chlorophyceae
    rank: class
  16. Conjugatophyceae
    rank: class
  17. Coscinodiscophyceae
    rank: class
  18. Cryptophyceae
    rank: class
  19. Cyanophyceae
    rank: class
  20. Dictyochophyceae
    rank: class
  21. Dinophyceae
    rank: class
  22. Euglenophyceae
    rank: class
  23. Litostomatea
    rank: class
  24. Mediophyceae
    rank: class
  25. Pyramimonadophyceae
    rank: class
  26. Raphidophyceae
    rank: class
  27. Trebouxiophyceae
    rank: class
  28. Ulvophyceae
    rank: class
  29. Aulacoseirales
    rank: order
  30. Bacillariales
    rank: order
  31. Chaetocerotales
    rank: order
  32. Chaetocerotanae incertae sedis
    rank: order
  33. Chattonellales
    rank: order
  34. Chroococcales
    rank: order
  35. Coscinodiscales
    rank: order
  36. Cyclotrichiida
    rank: order
  37. Cymatosirales
    rank: order
  38. Dictyochales
    rank: order
  39. Dinophysales
    rank: order
  40. Eupodiscales
    rank: order
  41. Eutreptiales
    rank: order
  42. Fragilariales
    rank: order
  43. Gonyaulacales
    rank: order
  44. Gymnodiniales
    rank: order
  45. Hemiaulales
    rank: order
  46. Lithodesmiales
    rank: order
  47. Melosirales
    rank: order
  48. Naviculales
    rank: order
  49. Noctilucales
    rank: order
  50. Nostocales
    rank: order
  51. Oscillatoriales
    rank: order
  52. Paraliales
    rank: order
  53. Peridiniales
    rank: order
  54. Prorocentrales
    rank: order
  55. Pyramimonadales
    rank: order
  56. Rhizosoleniales
    rank: order
  57. Surirellales
    rank: order
  58. Synechococcales
    rank: order
  59. Thalassionematales
    rank: order
  60. Thalassiosirales
    rank: order
  61. Triceratiales
    rank: order
  62. Ulotrichales
    rank: order
  63. Aphanizomenonaceae
    rank: family
  64. Aphanothecaceae
    rank: family
  65. Aulacoseiraceae
    rank: family
  66. Bacillariaceae
    rank: family
  67. Ceratiaceae
    rank: family
  68. Chaetocerotaceae
    rank: family
  69. Coscinodiscaceae
    rank: family
  70. Cymatosiraceae
    rank: family
  71. Dictyochaceae
    rank: family
  72. Dinophysaceae
    rank: family
  73. Diploneidaceae
    rank: family
  74. Entomoneidaceae
    rank: family
  75. Eupodiscaceae
    rank: family
  76. Eutreptiaceae
    rank: family
  77. Fragilariaceae
    rank: family
  78. Gloeotilaceae
    rank: family
  79. Gonyaulacaceae
    rank: family
  80. Gymnodiniaceae
    rank: family
  81. Hemiaulaceae
    rank: family
  82. Leptocylindraceae
    rank: family
  83. Leptolyngbyaceae
    rank: family
  84. Lithodesmiaceae
    rank: family
  85. Melosiraceae
    rank: family
  86. Merismopediaceae
    rank: family
  87. Mesodiniidae
    rank: family
  88. Microcystaceae
    rank: family
  89. Naviculaceae
    rank: family
  90. Noctilucaceae
    rank: family
  91. Paraliaceae
    rank: family
  92. Parodontellaceae
    rank: family
  93. Peridiniaceae
    rank: family
  94. Pleurosigmataceae
    rank: family
  95. Polykrikaceae
    rank: family
  96. Prorocentraceae
    rank: family
  97. Protoperidiniaceae
    rank: family
  98. Pseudanabaenaceae
    rank: family
  99. Pterospermataceae
    rank: family
  100. Rhizosoleniaceae
    rank: family
  101. Skeletonemaceae
    rank: family
  102. Stephanopyxidaceae
    rank: family
  103. Surirellaceae
    rank: family
  104. Thalassionemataceae
    rank: family
  105. Thalassiosiraceae
    rank: family
  106. Triceratiaceae
    rank: family
  107. Akashiwo
    rank: genus
  108. Alexandrium
    rank: genus
  109. Amphidinium
    rank: genus
  110. Aphanocapsa
    rank: genus
  111. Asterionellopsis
    rank: genus
  112. Aulacoseira
    rank: genus
  113. Bacillaria
    rank: genus
  114. Bacteriastrum
    rank: genus
  115. Binuclearia
    rank: genus
  116. Campylosira
    rank: genus
  117. Cerataulina
    rank: genus
  118. Ceratoneis
    rank: genus
  119. Chaetoceros
    rank: genus
  120. Coscinodiscus
    rank: genus
  121. Dactyliosolen
    rank: genus
  122. Detonula
    rank: genus
  123. Dictyocha
    rank: genus
  124. Dinophysis
    rank: genus
  125. Diploneis
    rank: genus
  126. Ditylum
    rank: genus
  127. Entomoneis
    rank: genus
  128. Guinardia
    rank: genus
  129. Gyrodinium
    rank: genus
  130. Gyrosigma
    rank: genus
  131. Hemiaulus
    rank: genus
  132. Leptocylindrus
    rank: genus
  133. Leptolyngbya
    rank: genus
  134. Lithodesmium
    rank: genus
  135. Melosira
    rank: genus
  136. Mesodinium
    rank: genus
  137. Meuniera
    rank: genus
  138. Microcystis
    rank: genus
  139. Neocalyptrella
    rank: genus
  140. Nitzschia
    rank: genus
  141. Noctiluca
    rank: genus
  142. Odontella
    rank: genus
  143. Paralia
    rank: genus
  144. Peridinium
    rank: genus
  145. Planktolyngbya
    rank: genus
  146. Pleurosigma
    rank: genus
  147. Polykrikos
    rank: genus
  148. Proboscia
    rank: genus
  149. Prorocentrum
    rank: genus
  150. Protoperidinium
    rank: genus
  151. Pseudo-nitzschia
    rank: genus
  152. Pseudosolenia
    rank: genus
  153. Pterosperma
    rank: genus
  154. Raphidiopsis
    rank: genus
  155. Scrippsiella
    rank: genus
  156. Skeletonema
    rank: genus
  157. Stephanopyxis
    rank: genus
  158. Sundstroemia
    rank: genus
  159. Surirella
    rank: genus
  160. Synedra
    rank: genus
  161. Thalassionema
    rank: genus
  162. Thalassiosira
    rank: genus
  163. Torodinium
    rank: genus
  164. Trieres
    rank: genus
  165. Tripos
    rank: genus
  166. Zygoceros
    rank: genus
  167. Akashiwo sanguinea
    rank: species
  168. Alexandrium fraterculus
    rank: species
  169. Asterionellopsis guyunusae
    rank: species
  170. Aulacoseira granulata
    rank: species
  171. Bacillaria paxillifera
    rank: species
  172. Binuclearia lauterbornii
    rank: species
  173. Campylosira cymbelliformis
    rank: species
  174. Cerataulina bicornis
    rank: species
  175. Ceratoneis closterium
    rank: species
  176. Chaetoceros subtilis
    rank: species
  177. Coscinodiscus wailesii
    rank: species
  178. Dactyliosolen fragilissimus
    rank: species
  179. Detonula pumila
    rank: species
  180. Dictyocha fibula
    rank: species
  181. Dinophysis acuminata
    rank: species
  182. Dinophysis caudata
    rank: species
  183. Ditylum brightwellii
    rank: species
  184. Guinardia delicatula
    rank: species
  185. Guinardia flaccida
    rank: species
  186. Gyrodinium fusus
    rank: species
  187. Leptocylindrus danicus
    rank: species
  188. Leptocylindrus minimus
    rank: species
  189. Melosira moniliformis
    rank: species
  190. Meuniera membranacea
    rank: species
  191. Neocalyptrella robusta
    rank: species
  192. Noctiluca scintillans
    rank: species
  193. Paralia sulcata
    rank: species
  194. Peridinium quinquecorne
    rank: species
  195. Polykrikos schwartzii
    rank: species
  196. Prorocentrum compressum
    rank: species
  197. Prorocentrum cordatum
    rank: species
  198. Prorocentrum micans
    rank: species
  199. Prorocentrum scutellum
    rank: species
  200. Pseudosolenia calcar-avis
    rank: species
  201. Scrippsiella trochoidea
    rank: species
  202. Skeletonema costatum
    rank: species
  203. Skeletonema tropicum
    rank: species
  204. Stephanopyxis turris
    rank: species
  205. Thalassionema nitzschioides
    rank: species
  206. Trieres mobiliensis
    rank: species
  207. Trieres chinensis
    rank: species
  208. Tripos furca
    rank: species
  209. Tripos muelleri
    rank: species
  210. Zygoceros ehrenbergii
    rank: species
  211. Chaetoceros (Hyalochaeta)
    rank: subgenus
  212. Chaetoceros (Phaoceros)
    rank: subgenus

Geographic Coverages

The Patos Lagoon at the southern Brazilian coastal plain (Rio Grande do Sul state) is the largest (10,360 km2) choked lagoon in the world stretching in a NE SW direction from the city of Porto Alegre (30°30’ S) to Rio Grande (32°12’ S). In the southern estuarine region, approximately 10 % of total area, a single and narrow inlet connects this lagoon to the Atlantic Ocean. The major tributary rivers at the northern and central areas of Patos Lagoon, and the São Gonçalo Channel at the southern area, are significant freshwater sources from an extensive drainage basin. The hydrodynamics of the Patos Lagoon estuary is strongly controlled by the discharge of tributary rivers and the action of predominant meteorological factors like winds, rainfall and evaporation.

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Lemos, V. M., Lanari, M., Copertino, M., Secchi, E. R., de Abreu, P. C. O., Muelbert, J. H., Garcia, A. M., Dumont, F. C., Muxagata, E., Vieira, J. P., Colling, A. & Odebrecht, C. (2022). Patos Lagoon estuary and adjacent marine coastal biodiversity long-term data. Earth System Science Data, 14(3), 1015-1041. - https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1015-2022

Contacts

Clarisse Odebrecht
originator
position: Researcher
FURG - University of Rio Grande
Av. Itália Km 08 P.O. Box 474
Rio Grande
96205001
Rio Grande do Sul
BR
Telephone: +555332336520
email: doclar@furg.br
homepage: http://www.io.furg.br
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7159-4713
Paulo Cesar Abreu
originator
position: Researcher
FURG - University of Rio Grande
Av. Itália Km 08 P.O. Box 474
Rio Grande
96205001
Rio Grande do Sul
BR
Telephone: +555332336520
email: docpca@furg.br
Clarisse Odebrecht
metadata author
position: Researcher
FURG - University of Rio Grande
Av. Itália Km 08 P.O. Box 474
Rio Grande
96205001
Rio Grande do Sul
BR
Telephone: +555332336520
email: doclar@furg.br
Eduardo Resende Secchi
point of contact
position: Researcher and Coordinator of the Brazilian Long Term Ecological Research (PELD Site 8)
FURG - University of Rio Grande
Av. Itália Km 08 P.O. Box 474
Rio Grande
96205001
Rio Grande do Sul
BR
Telephone: 5332336538
email: edu.secchi@furg.br
Clarisse Odebrecht
principal investigator
position: researcher
FURG - University of Rio Grande
Av. Itália Km 08 P.O. Box 474
Rio Grande
96205001
Rio Grande do Sul
BR
Telephone: +555332336520
email: doclar@furg.br
Valéria Marques Lemos
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
FURG - University of Rio Grande
Av. Itália Km 08
Rio Grande
96205001
Rio Grande do Sul
BR
email: vavadeleom@yahoo.com.br
Marianna Lanari
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
FURG - University of Rio Grande
Av. Itália Km 08
Rio Grande
96205001
Rio Grande do Sul
BR
email: marianna.lanari@gmail.com
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