Dataset: VPR_ashjian_nonzero_SO
Deployment: NBP0202

Video Plankton Recorder data where values reported as zero or nd have been removed from display
Principal Investigator: 
Carin J. Ashjian (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Current State: 
Preliminary and in progress
Version: 
01 Aug 2012
Deployment Synonyms:
 GLOBECIII
Coordinated Deployments:
Version Date: 
2012-08-01
Description

This dataset was derived from the VPR_ashjian_orig_SO dataset. In the 'nonzero' dataset, values of both 0 and nd (no data) in the abund_L column (taxon abundance) have been removed in order to allow the dataset to be mapped.

Video Plankton Recorder Data

These data are from images of plankton and particles collected using the Video Plankton Recorder (VPR), a camera system mounted on the BIO -Optical Multi-frequency Acoustical and Physical Environmental Recorder (BIOMAPER II)1 data acquisition system.

BIOMAPERII is a towed package consisting of a number of independent observational components: a multi-frequency sonar (Acoustics) system, a video plankton recorder (VPR) system, and an environmental sensor system (ESS). 

Companion object:  biomaperII.
¹Wiebe, P.H., et al., 2002, BIOMAPER-II: An Integrated Instrument Platform for Coupled Biological and Physical Measurements in Coastal and Oceanic Regimes. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 27(3):700-716.

Methodology
Detailed discussion of the data and sampling methods used here can be found in C.J. Ashjian et al., 2008. Distribution of larval krill and zooplankton in association with hydrography in Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, in austral fall and winter 2001 described using the Video Plankton Recorder. Deep- Sea Research II 55/3-4(2008), pp. 455-471.

Any questions, contact:
Carin Ashjian, Associate Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
voice: (508) 289-3457
fax: (508) 457-2169
e-mail: cashjian@whoi.edu

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