Chlorophyll-a, Small & Large phytoplankton cells concentrations

Each sheet of the file represents the chlorophyll-a, Small & Large phytoplankton cells concentrations, of the GSA for a given year.FAO GFCM Geographical subareas (GSAs): 1. Northen Alboran Sea, 5. Balearic Islands, 6. Northern Spain, 7. Gulf of Lion, 8. Corsica, 9. Ligurian Sea and northern Tyrrhenian Sea, 10. Southern and central Tyrrhenian Sea, 11.1. Western Sardinia, 11.2 Eastern Sardinia, 15. Malta, 16. Southern Sicily, 17. Northen Adriatic Sea, 18. Southern Adriatic Sea, 19. Western Ionian Sea, 25. Cyprus.Chl-a: Chlorophyll-a concentrationSmall_Phyto: Small phytoplankton cells concentrationLarge_Phyto: Large phytoplankton cells concentrationThe data were derived from GETM-ERSEM-BFM model, in which the basic carbon and nutrient fluxes are calculated through the combined operation of the European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model (ERSEM) and the Biogeochemical Flux Model (BFM) (Ciavatta et al., 2019; Triantafyllou et al., 2007).Ciavatta, S., Kay, S., Brewin, R. J., Cox, R., Di Cicco, A., Nencioli, F., Polimene, L., Sammartino, M., Santoleri, R., Skákala, J., Tsapakis, M. (2019). Ecoregions in the Mediterranean Sea through the reanalysis of phytoplankton functional types and carbon fluxes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(10), 6737-6759.Triantafyllou, G., Korres, G., Hoteit, I., Petihakis, G., Banks, A. C. (2007). Assimilation of ocean colour data into a Biogeochemical Flux Model of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Ocean Science, 3(3), 397-410.