Dataset: MOC10data_lengths

Name: Zooplankton length data from the 10m2 MOCNESS from R/V Endeavor, R/V Albatross IV,and R/V Oceanusbroadscale cruises in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank from 1995-1999 (GB project)
Published: 2005-12-27
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.2327.1

Spatial Extent: N:42.3 E:-65.848 S:40.45 W:-68.99

Temporal Extent: 1995-02 - 1999-06

Project:

U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank (GB)

Program:

U.S. GLOBal ocean ECosystems dynamics (U.S. GLOBEC)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Mr Erich Horgan (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

Dr Laurence P. Madin (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2005-12-27

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Zooplankton length data from the 10m2 MOCNESS from R/V Endeavor, R/V Albatross IV,and R/V Oceanusbroadscale cruises in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank from 1995-1999 (GB project)

Abstract:

Zooplankton length data from the 10m2 MOCNESS from R/V Endeavor, R/V Albatross IV,and R/V Oceanusbroadscale cruises in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank from 1995-1999

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2005-12-27	National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)	0105586	2013-05-01
2005-12-27	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.2327.1	2019-11-22

Description

Organism lengths,
samples obtained by the 10 m² MOCNESS system

Note: See companion file containing abundance and additional tow info. moc10data zooplankton abundance (https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/2327 )

Any questions, contact:  Erich Horgan Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA  02543  voice: (508) 289-3207 fax: (508) 457-2169  e-mail: ehorgan@whoi.edu  December 27, 2005 mda

Methods & Sampling

Moc 10 zooplankton length data,

Data Processing Description

The catch from each net was subsampled and all animals in the subsample were counted.
Due to the shear volume of data, only those animals found were represented in these on-line data. i.e., no animals with zero abundances were listed.
The precision variation in the latitude and longitude numbers is as reported.
Not all nets for all tows are represented here. Some nets came back empty.

Data Files

File
moc10data_lengths_rs.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 8.68 MB) MD5:8b154d973b8ea33bd704a421663e7ce2 Primary data file for dataset ID 2327

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
National Science Foundation	unknown GB NSF
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	unknown GB NOAA

Deployments

Deployment	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
EN261	1995-02-10	R/V Endeavor	Peter H. Wiebe (Chief Scientist)	data info
EN263	1995-03-13	R/V Endeavor	Dr Charles B. Miller (Chief Scientist)	data info
EN265	1995-04-11	R/V Endeavor	Dr John Sibunka (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9505	1995-05-09	R/V Albatross IV	Dr David Mountain (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9506	1995-06-05	R/V Albatross IV	Ann Bucklin (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9508	1995-07-10	R/V Albatross IV	Peter H. Wiebe (Chief Scientist)	data info
EN276	1996-01-10	R/V Endeavor	Dr Charles B. Miller (Chief Scientist)	data info
EN278	1996-02-13	R/V Endeavor	Dr Peter Garrahan (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC275	1996-03-11	R/V Oceanus	Peter H. Wiebe (Chief Scientist)	data info
EN282	1996-04-08	R/V Endeavor	Dr John Sibunka (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9605	1996-05-06	R/V Albatross IV	Dr John Green (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9607	1996-06-03	R/V Albatross IV	Dr David Mountain (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9701	1997-01-13	R/V Albatross IV	Dr John Sibunka (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC298	1997-02-11	R/V Oceanus	Mr Erich Horgan (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC300	1997-03-16	R/V Oceanus	Peter H. Wiebe (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC302	1997-04-22	R/V Oceanus	Ann Bucklin (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9705	1997-05-19	R/V Albatross IV	Dr David Mountain (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9707	1997-06-18	R/V Albatross IV	Dr John Green (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9801	1998-01-07	R/V Albatross IV	Dr John Sibunka (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC317	1998-02-06	R/V Oceanus	Dr David Mountain (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC319	1998-03-15	R/V Oceanus	Peter H. Wiebe (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC322	1998-04-15	R/V Oceanus	Dr Charles B. Miller (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9806	1998-05-13	R/V Albatross IV	Dr John Green (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9808	1998-06-16	R/V Albatross IV	Ann Bucklin (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9901	1999-01-12	R/V Albatross IV	Dr John Sibunka (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC336	1999-02-11	R/V Oceanus	Ms Maureen Taylor (Chief Scientist)	data info
EN320	1999-03-10	R/V Endeavor	Ann Bucklin (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC341	1999-04-16	R/V Oceanus	Dr Charles B. Miller (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9904	1999-05-19	R/V Albatross IV	Dr John Green (Chief Scientist)	data info
AL9906	1999-06-14	R/V Albatross IV	Peter H. Wiebe (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

MOCNESS10

Supplied Description:

MOCNESS 10 meter square nets (3 millimeter mesh).

Instrument Type

Generic Name: MOCNESS10

Acronym: MOC10

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/NETT0097/

Generic Description:

The Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS) is based on the Tucker Trawl principle (Tucker, 1951). The MOCNESS-10 (with 10 m^2 nets) carries 6 nets of 3.0-mm circular mesh which are opened and closed sequentially by commands through conducting cable from the surface (Wiebe et al., 1976). In this system, "the underwater unit sends a data frame, comprising temperature, depth, conductivity, net-frame angle, flow count, time, number of open net, and net opening/closing, to the deck unit in a compressed hexadecimal format every 2 seconds and from the deck unit to a microcomputer every 4 seconds" (Wiebe et al., 1985).

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
cruiseid	cruise identification		cruiseid
lat	latitude, negative = South	DD.D	lat
lon	longitude, negative = West	DDD.D	lon
month_local	month of year, local time, (01-12)		month_local
net	net number, one of 4 nets (1-4)		net
length	length (longest dimension) of individual animal	mm	no_bcodmo_term
phylum	classification by phylum		phylum
species	species name		species
station_std	standard station number		station_std
year	year, 4 digit year		year