Geoforms_README

Data package: Dataset for comparison of FlowCam and microscopy
Contact: Jasper Münnich, jasper.muennich1@gmail.com
Date created: 2026-04-28


File name: Geoforms.csv
Description: Classification of phytoplankton groups into geometric forms following DIN EN 15204 (2006) and Alvarez et al., (2012).

Column name: Type  
Description: Phytoplankton group  

Column name: Geoshape  
Description: Geometric shape following DIN EN 15204 (2006) used for microscopy-derived biovolume estimation of phytoplankton groups

Column name: Shapeclass  
Description: FlowCam-derived shape class according to Alvarez et al., (2012)


References:

Álvarez, E., López-Urrutia, Á., and Nogueira, E. (2012). Improvement of plankton biovolume estimates derived from image-based automatic sampling devices: application to FlowCAM. J. Plankton Res., 34(6), 454–469, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbs017

DIN EN 15204 (2006). Water quality - Guidance standard on the enumeration of phytoplankton using inverted microscopy (Utermöhl technique); German version EN 15204:2006. 