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Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) Survey Database

Entry ID: GLOBEC_009_SAHFOS_001

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Summary

Abstract: The aims of the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) Survey are to monitor the near-surface plankton of the North Atlantic and North Sea on a monthly basis, using Continuous Plankton Recorders on a network of routes to cover the area.

Tables of month/year sampling, or a list of latitude, longitude and date of selected samples in the database can be obtained by using the 'Data Extract' link. There ...

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Description: SAHFOS is unique in having comparable data on the geographical distribution, seasonal cycles and year-to-year changes in abundance of plankton over a large spatial area. There is no other survey in the world with 76 years of marine plankton data.

CPR Data are available in paper form back to 1931 and from January 1946 onwards in a computerized relational database. The database contains results from 212,014 samples with 2,542,580 taxonomic abundance entries.

Analyzed sample information is entered on to an analysis sheet which is typed into the computer once the whole route is completed. These data are then scrutinized by rigorous quality control methods, before the survey database is incremented. The database then calculates the accepted mean value for the categories and applies abundance values. In 2008 a new database for the unique CPR data set will be in regular use. The advantage of this new database is that it streamlines the data input, checking and data extraction process.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 70.0

S: 30.0

E: 20.0

W: -80.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1946-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > ICHTHYOPLANKTON

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > LARVAE

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Platform

SHIPS

Instrument

CPR > Continuous Plankton Recorder

Project

GLOBEC > Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics, IGBP

IGBP > International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

SAHFOS > Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science

Ancillary Keywords

CONTINUOUS PLANKTON RECORDER

GLOBEC

Originating Center

Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS)

Data Center

Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science

Data Center URL: http://www.sahfos.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: DARREN STEVENS Phone: +44 1752 633208 Fax: +44 1752 600015 Email: dpst at sahfos.ac.uk Contact Address: SAHFOS The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, City: Plymouth Postal Code: PL1 2PB Country: UK

Distribution

Distribution Media: online

Distribution Format: netcdf

Fees: none

Publications/References

See:
http://data1.gfdl.noaa.gov/CM2.X/references/

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2006-05-01

Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-07-02

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