IMIS

Continuous Plankton Recorder Dataset (NOAA) - Zooplankton

Citation

Melrose, C. 2010. Continuous Plankton Recorder Dataset (NOAA) - Zooplankton. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/3162

Contact: Stevens, Darren ; Melrose, Chris

Access data

Archived data

Availability: Restricted
The data are withheld from general circulation and disclosure but access may be obtained on a case-by-case basis through negotiation

Notes: Not to be cited without reference to the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center Ships of Opportunity Program (http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/epd/ocean/MainPage/soop.html).

Description

Continuous Zooplankton Recorder Survey by NOAA in the Northwest Atlantic, the Gulf of Maine and the Mid Atlantic Bight. more

Zooplankton samples were collected by continuous plankton recorders (CPRs) towed along repeated transect lines between New York and Boston and between Boston and Halifa.

Samples were periodically cross-checked between analysts for consistency.

Specimens are preserved in formalin.

Lineage

Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biological monitoring, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Plankton surveys, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, ANW, North West Atlantic, ANW, USA, Maine Gulf, ANW, USA, Mid-Atlantic Bight, EurOBIS calculated BBOX

Geographical coverage

ANW, North West Atlantic [Marine Regions]

ANW, USA, Maine Gulf [Marine Regions]

ANW, USA, Mid-Atlantic Bight [Marine Regions]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -73,8683; MinLat: 37,1395 - MaxLong: -65,6167; MaxLat: 43,4346 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

16 July 1961 - 11 July 2010

Parameter

Abundance

Contributors

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), more, data provider, data owner, data creator