Working group to establish data standards and practices for taxon-resolved phytoplankton observations - PIs: Heidi Sosik (WHOI), Christopher Proctor (NASA GSFC/SSAI), Aimee Neeley (NASA GSFC/SSAI), Ivona Cetinić (NASA GSFC/USRA)
Objective: In an effort to facilitate community-wide access to phytoplankton data products that support critical satellite algorithm development and validation, this working group will convene relevant expertise (e.g., phytoplankton ecology and taxonomy, data systems, informatics, etc.) to develop a set of standards and best practices for phytoplankton taxonomy data.
News and Resources
June 27, 2019 (at OCB Summer Workshop): OCB Phytoplankton Taxonomy Working Group Report (Heidi Sosik, WHOI and Aimee Neeley, NASA GSFC) Video Slides
May 2019: Working Group teleconference
January 18, 2019: Working Group teleconference
December 13, 2018: Fall AGU poster (8:00-12:20) B41L-2891: Building Essential Biodiversity Variable Data Sets from Plankton Imaging Systems to Support Satellite Ocean Color Algorithm Development and Validation
October 11, 2018: Lunch meeting during Ocean Optics Conference (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
June 28-29, 2018: Third Working Group meeting (Woods Hole, MA)
February 13, 2018: Second Working Group meeting (Portland, OR)
June 29-30, 2017: First working group meeting at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Woods Hole, MA)
Phytoplankton Taxonomy Working Group Proposal













Stace Beaulieu - Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
Ivona Cetinić - NASA GSFC/USRA
Susanne Craig - Ocean Ecology Lab/NASA Goddard
Emmanuel Devred - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Joe Futrelle - Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
Lee Karp-Boss - Univ. of Maine
Aimee Neeley - NASA GSFC/SSAI
Marc Picheral - CNRS
Nicole Poulton - Bigelow Labs
Chris Proctor -NASA GSFC/SSAI
Collin Roesler - Bowdoin College
Adam Shepherd - Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
Heidi Sosik - Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.