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Continuous Plankton Recorder Dataset (NOAA) - Phytoplankton
Citation
Melrose, C. 2010. Continuous Plankton Recorder Dataset (NOAA) - Phytoplankton. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3163
Contact: Stevens, Darren ; Melrose, Chris

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

Phytoplankton 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.


Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Biological monitoring, Plankton surveys, 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: 37,1274 - MaxLong: -65,6301; MaxLat: 43,4346 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
16 July 1961 - 11 July 2010

Parameter
Abundance

Contributors
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), moredata providerdata ownerdata creator
Melrose, Chris
The Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science; The Laboratory, moredataset publisher
Stevens, Darren
Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA), moredata provider

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2012-08-20
Information last updated: 2012-08-20
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