[Long Phytoplankton Chain lengths, Zooglider BioSWOT-Med] - Large phytoplankton chain lengths from BIOSWOT-Med Zooglider deployment in the Northwest Mediterranean Sea during March to May 2023 (Zooglider assessment of zooplankton frontal gradients across the BIOSWOT-Med region)

Zooglider data were telemetered back to our server each time the vehicle surfaced and the data were immediately posted on our public website, available to all BIOSWOT-Med participants and any member of the general public. The data archived here are length measurements from 5 different groups of highly elongate phytoplankton chains (Guinardia spp., Proboscia spp., Diatom chains with cell lengths much greater than cell widths, diatom chains with cell lengths approximately equal to cell widths, and Trichodesmium filaments) from in situ images taken with Zooglider's shadowgraph Zoocam.

Data were typically acquired in Zooglider dives between approximately 420 meters depth and the sea surface, apart from initial and final Zooglider dives that were somewhat shallower.