{
  "name": "Plankton size classes with one measured example in each",
  "desc": "Plankton size classes with the limits as each source states them, one measured example per class with its GBIF Backbone key, and the level at which each source was read",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Ants, Cells & Atoms",
  "url": "https://antscellsandatoms.com/microscopic-life/plankton/",
  "from": [
    "values typed from the sources listed in data_credit"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Ants, Cells & Atoms from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Class limits: Hirata T et al. 2011, Biogeosciences 8:311, CC BY 3.0, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-311-2011 (restating Sieburth JM, Smetacek V, Lenz J 1978, Limnology and Oceanography 23:1256, https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1978.23.6.1256); Hatton IA et al. 2021, Science Advances 7:eabh3732, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abh3732, retrieved 2026-10-24",
    "Examples: Partensky F, Hess WR, Vaulot D 1999, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 63:106 (abstract), https://doi.org/10.1128/MMBR.63.1.106-127.1999; Moore ER et al. 2017, PLoS ONE 12:e0181098, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181098; Gastineau R et al. 2021, Biology 10:328, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10040328; Kiørboe T et al. 2010, Journal of the Royal Society Interface 7:1591 (abstract), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2010.0176; Perry FA et al. 2019, PLoS ONE 14:e0219325, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219325; Villanueva AA, Priya S 2014, PLoS ONE 9:e115220, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115220, retrieved 2026-10-24",
    "GBIF Secretariat 2023, GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei, CC BY 4.0, accessed via api.gbif.org on 2026-10-24"
  ]
}