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Title: Plankton taxa and counts collected using plankton nets and traps from various platforms worldwide from 1928 to 1987 (NCEI Accession 0000561)
Abstract: This dataset includes plankton taxa and counts, gear type, tow type, net mouth diameter and mesh size. The data were collected from 1928 through 1987 from numerous vessels worldwide. The data were compiled by the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) and submitted to NODC in 1994.
Date received: 19940101
Start date: 19280121
End date: 19870818
Seanames: World-Wide Distribution
West boundary: 6.25
East boundary: -9.23
North boundary: 88.35
South boundary: -78.5
Observation types: plankton
Instrument types: net - plankton net, trap - plankton
Datatypes: PLANKTON, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT, TAXONOMIC CODE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center
Collecting institutions: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Duke University, International Pacific Halibut Commission, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center, Stanford University, Texas A&M University; College Station, United States Coast Guard, University of California San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of Connecticut, University of Georgia, University of Maine, University of Miami, University of Southern California, US DOC; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US DOC; NOAA; National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Contributing projects: CSK, EASTROPAC, IIOE, MARMAP, POFI, USARP
Platforms: ALAMINOS (31OS), Albatross IV (31A4), Alpha Helix (31HX), ANTON BRUUN (31AO), ARGO (31AR), ARLIS I (31AW), ARLIS II (31AY), BERING STRAIT (31BS), CHARLES H. GILBERT (31CG), David Starr Jordan (31JD), DAVIS (31DI), De Steiguer (315D), Discoverer (31DS), EASTWARD (31EZ), ELTANIN (31ET), Glacier (31GL), HERO (316J), HUGH M. SMITH (31HS), James M. Gilliss (31GI), LETS GO (320M), LYNCH (31LY), NORTHWIND (31NW), OIKOS (3311), Rockaway (31RC), SIGANUS (3312), T-3 (18T3), TE VEGA (31V5), Thomas Washington (31WT), UNDAUNTED (31UN), WESTWARD (3195), XIPHIAS (32XI)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information:
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Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2001-08-23 13:49:18+00
Editdate: 2019-08-23 12:50:10+00