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Title: Zooplankton biomass (displacement volume, dry mass, ashfree dry mass) data collected in Eastern Central Atlantic during CINECA project in Jul - Sep 1978 by France, data were acquired from the NMFS-COPEPOD database (NODC Accession 0070783)
Abstract: Zooplankton biomass (displacement volume, dry mass, and ashfree dry mass) data collected in Eastern Central Atlantic during CINECA 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: Southeast Atlantic Ocean (limit-20 W)
West boundary: -5
East boundary: 12
North boundary: 5
South boundary: -10
Observation types: biological, plankton, tows, tows - plankton tows
Instrument types: net, net - zooplankton net
Datatypes: BIOMASS, BIOMASS - PLANKTON
Submitter: Voituriez, Bruno
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; National Marine Fisheries Service
Collecting institutions: Unknown - France
Contributing projects: CINECA
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.
Availability date: 20110216
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2011-02-15 21:19:58+00
Editdate: 2011-02-17 19:58:11+00