Metadata Catalogue Metadata Catalogue https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.dev/ https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.dev//srv/eng/portal.opensearch https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.dev//srv/eng/rdf.search?any= eng Continents, countries, sea regions of the world. https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.dev//srv/eng/thesaurus.download?ref=external.place.regions ecoportal.fos_1.rdf https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.dev//srv/eng/thesaurus.download?ref=external.ecoportal.fos application/xml XML text/html HTML 2090a9d4-72fe-4e07-ba8d-9dbed41f6479 Phytoplankton Virtual Research Environment The LifeWatch Italy national node has realised the Phytoplankton Virtual Research Environment (Phyto VRE) for supporting researchers to address basic and applied studies on phytoplankton ecology at a level of resolution going from individual cells to whole assemblages. <div><br></div><div>The Phyto VRE enables researchers to: </div><div>- produce harmonised data on taxonomy and morphological traits by using the Atlas of Phytoplankton, Atlas of Shapes and Phytoplankton Traits Thesaurus; </div><div>- access, download, and select LifeWatch Italy datasets (published through the LifeWatch Italy Data Portal and distributed by the LifeWatch ERIC Metadata Catalogue) or upload their own datasets structured according to the Phyto template based on the LifeWatch Italy Data Schema in order to execute the services included in the VRE; </div><div>- faciliatate the computation of morphological and demographic traits (such as hidden dimension, biovolume, surface area, surface-volume ratio, cell carbon content, etc.) and investigate their distribution patterns at different levels of data aggregation (i.e. spatial, temporal, taxonomic) by means of services, which automate a set of operations written in the R language.</div> Virtual Research Environment phytoplankton functional traits atlas of shapes taxonomy controlled vocabulary computational services data analysis WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.phytovre.lifewatchitaly.eu WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.lifewatch.eu/catalogue-of-virtual-labs/phyto-vre/ 2016 2021 license copyright LifeWatch Italy 2021 Italian Agency for the Environmental Prevention and Protection · Centro Regionale Mare (CRM)- Bari Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples (Italy) Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), National Research Council (CNR) LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre University of Salento, LifeWatch Italy Elena Stanca Leonilde Roselli Francesco Cozzoli Nicola Fiore Lucia Vaira Ilaria Rosati Maria Teresa Manca Alberto Basset