Phytoplankton taxonomy, abundance, and biovolume from two urban beaches on Southern and Western Lake Michigan, 2016-2017

This dataset describes the identification of phytoplankton to the lowest taxonomic level (typically species), as well as abundance (density) and biovolume from grab samples collected from Lake Michigan at Jackson Park at Hyde Park, Illinois and Lake Michigan at Jeorse Park at Gary, Indiana.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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publisher U.S. Geological Survey
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theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • algae
  • algal-blooms
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • bacillariophyta
  • bacteria
  • beach-health
  • chicago-il
  • chlorophyta
  • chrysophyta
  • ckan
  • cryptophyta
  • cyanobacteria
  • division
  • euglenophyta
  • freshwater
  • gary-in
  • genus
  • geo
  • geoss
  • great-lakes
  • human-health
  • hyde-park
  • illinois
  • indiana
  • jackson-park
  • jeorse-park
  • lake-michigan
  • national
  • nearshore
  • north-america
  • northwest-indiana
  • phycology
  • phytoplankton
  • protists
  • pyrrophyta
  • species
  • taxa
  • taxonomy
  • united-states
  • usgs-5bdf45a8e4b0b3fc5cf33030
  • usgs-station-id-04092440
  • usgs-station-id-04092788
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license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Travis R. Cole
maintainer_email tcole@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-21T20:41:55.243254
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T20:41:55.243259
notes This dataset describes the identification of phytoplankton to the lowest taxonomic level (typically species), as well as abundance (density) and biovolume from grab samples collected from Lake Michigan at Jackson Park at Hyde Park, Illinois and Lake Michigan at Jeorse Park at Gary, Indiana.
num_resources 2
num_tags 43
title Phytoplankton taxonomy, abundance, and biovolume from two urban beaches on Southern and Western Lake Michigan, 2016-2017