Dataset: REACH_zooplankton

Name: Zooplankton abundance from the western Gulf of Maine at four repeated stations from 2002-2004 from R/V Gulf Challenger GC2002-4 (REACH project)
Published: 2007-07-25
Keywords: zooplankton abundance, Gulf of Maine, 1/4 m MOCNESS, biota, oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:43.031 E:-70.422 S:42.994 W:-70.569

Temporal Extent: 2002-04-24 - 2004-06-28

Project:

Regional Ecology And Coastal Hydrography (REACH)

Principal Investigator:

Ann Bucklin (University of New Hampshire, UNH/OPAL)

Scientist:

Mr Chris Manning (University of New Hampshire, UNH/OPAL)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

Final

Version Date:

2007-07-25

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Zooplankton abundance from the western Gulf of Maine at four repeated stations from 2002-2004 from R/V Gulf Challenger GC2002-4 (REACH project)

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Description

Time-series of zooplankton abundance data from repeat visits to four stations in the Gulf of Maine from 2002 - 2004.

Results and Methodology Descriptions can be found in:

Manning, C.A. and A. Bucklin. 2005. Multivariate analysis of the copepod community of near-shore waters in the western Gulf of Maine (Northwest Atlantic). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 292: 233-249.

Data Files

File
allzoo.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 1.94 MB) MD5:8cc5c07ecdb3265bf097264913e061ed Primary data file for dataset ID 719645

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
Coastal Ocean Observing and Analysis	unknown REACH COOA

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
GC2002-4		2002-05-24	R/V Gulf Challenger	Mr Chris Manning (Scientist)	data info

Instruments

MOCNESS.25

Supplied Name: 1/4 m MOC

Supplied Description:

150 micron mesh nets.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: MOCNESS.25

Acronym: MOC.25

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

Generic Description:

The Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System or MOCNESS is a family of net systems based on the Tucker Trawl principle. The MOCNESS-1/4 carries nine 1/4-m2 nets usually of 64 micrometer mesh and is used to sample the larger micro-zooplankton.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
abundance	number of animals per cubic meter	number per cubic meter	abundance
cruiseid	Cruise identifier	text	cruise_id
date_cruiseid	Date of cruise	text	date
day	sequential sampling day	numeric	days
depth_net_min	minimum depth of the collection	meters	depth
depth_net_max	maximum depth of the collection	meters	depth
depth_net_avg	numerical average depth of the collection	meters	depth
lat	Station latitude; N is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Station longitude (West is negative)	decimal degrees	lon
net	which net collected the data	numeric	net
aliquot_dilution	fraction of catch actually counted; 1/8 to 1/1024 expressed in decimals	decimal number	no_bcodmo_term
distance_offshore	nautical mile distance from nearest land	nm	no_bcodmo_term
salt_min	Maximum salinity	dimensionless(PSU)	sal
salt_max	Minimum salinity	dimensionless(PSU)	sal
salt_avg	Average salinity	dimensionless(PSU)	sal
sample	unique identifier for collection from this net	numeric	sample
station	where the data was collected	station	station
taxon	Scientific name of zooplankton species	text	taxon
temp_max	Maximum temperature	degrees Centigrade	temperature
temp_avg	Average temperature	degrees Centigrade	temperature
temp_min	Minimum temperature	degrees Centigrade	temperature
volume_filtered	volume of water that flowed through the net	cubic meters	vol_filt
year	year	numeric	year
yrday	Julian day	numeric	yrday

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Dataset: REACH_zooplankton