Table 1 Frequency of observations distributed among taxonomic phytoplankton phyla and classes present in phytoplankton samples collected in FMEP, Shenzhen Bay from 2019 to 2021.

From: A dataset on spatiotemporal variation of phytoplankton communities in the mangrove wetland of Shenzhen Bay

Taxonomic Class

Number of observations

Percentage of observations

Chlorophyceae

207

31.46%

Pennatae

176

26.75%

Cyanophycea

86

13.07%

Centricae

72

10.94%

Dinophyceae

37

5.62%

Cryptophyceae

31

4.71%

Euglenophyceae

30

4.56%

Chrysophyceae

9

1.37%

Zygnematophyceae

7

1.06%

Synurophyceae

3

0.46%