database.name

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plankton*net

The PLANKTON*NET data provider at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research is an open access repository for plankton-related information. It covers all types of phytoplankton and zooplankton from marine and freshwater areas. PLANKTON*NET's greatest strength is its comprehensiveness as for the different taxa image information as well as taxonomic descriptions can be archived. PLANKTON*NET also contains a glossary with accompanying images to illustrate the term definitions. PLANKTON*NET therefore presents a vital tool for the preservation of historic data sets as well as the archival of current research results. Because interoperability with international biodiversity data …

Getting access

Open access Open

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How to apply
Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.

Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.

About this database

Websitehttps://planktonnet.awi.de/
SubjectsLife Sciences · Biology · Plant Sciences · Zoology · Plant Systematics and Evolution · Systematics and Morphology
Last updated2026-09-11

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