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Title: Zooplankton biomass (displacement volume, dry mass, ash-free dry mass) data collected in Eastern Central Atlantic during CIPREA project from 1978-07-25 to 1978-09-12 by France (NODC Accession 0070783)
Abstract: Zooplankton biomass (displacement volume, dry mass, and ashfree dry mass) data collected in Eastern Central Atlantic during CIPREA project in Jul - Sep 1978 by France. Data were acquired from the NMFS-COPEPOD global plankton database at http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/plankton in COPEPOD database format only. Data are not available in originator's format.
Date received: 20110214
Start date: 19780725
End date: 19780912
Seanames: Gulf of Guinea, North Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -9.102
East boundary: 11.833
North boundary: 5.083
South boundary: -9.617
Observation types: biological, plankton, tows, tows - plankton tows, tows - vertical tow
Instrument types: net, net - zooplankton net
Datatypes: biological data, BIOMASS, BIOMASS - PLANKTON, TOTAL ASH-FREE DRY MASS, TOTAL DISPLACEMENT VOLUME, TOTAL DRY MASS, ZOOPLANKTON, ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS
Submitter: Voituriez, Bruno
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; National Marine Fisheries Service
Collecting institutions: Unknown - France
Contributing projects:
Platforms: ANDRE NIZERY (35NI), CAPRICORNE (35CI), LE SUROIT (35LU)
Number of observations: 400
Supplementary information: Data were acquired from the NMFS-COPEPOD global plankton database at http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/plankton in COPEPOD database format only. Data are not available in originator's format. Data were digitized by COPEPOD-SAR from manuscript: "Campagnes 'CIPREA' L'Upwelling Equatorial du Golfe de Guinee Juin - Septembre 1978. Centre National pour L'Exploration des Oceans: Resultats des campagnes a la mer, No. 19 (1980)". The manuscript can be ordered from the NODC library.

There are lat/long errors in the file 35ci-780804_ciprea.txt
Minutes presented as decimal degrees, but in manuscript degrees and minutes presented separate.
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Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2011-02-15 21:19:58+00
Editdate: 2014-09-30 16:39:46+00