Gulf Stream Warm-Core and Cold-Core Rings integrated Euphausiid abundance and zooplankton biomass from multiple cruises in the North Atlantic from 1972-1982 (NAtlDarkData project)

• Main Author: Peter H. Wiebe
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) 2017
• Subjects: biota, oceans; Greenwich; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/sha256:1d2efa610b0dc57f32d6422bb8a639be2879c66446824d765c7105ac41370f1d

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; These data are zooplankton collected and identified in the 1970s and 1980s as part of the cold-core and warm-core rings multidisciplinary programs and other related projects. They have been filtered and post-processed. Included are zooplankton biomass and euphausiid species abundance from 306 tows and related metadata taken on 34 research cruises in the Northwest Atlantic.&nbsp; The zooplankton biomass and euphausiid catch data and the associated environmental information were acquired using ring nets, net systems, and CTD/rosettes (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) and Niskin bottles. Ring net, Bongo net and MOCNESS (Multiple Opening and Closing Nets and Environmental Sensing Systems)&nbsp; tows were quantified using flow meters calibrated to provide volumes of water filtered for each tow.</p> <p><strong>A note about 'nd':</strong>&nbsp; Traditionally 'nd' is taken to mean 'no data'.&nbsp; Within that meaning, however, there is much variability.&nbsp; Here 'nd' could mean the more traditional 'we tried and got bad or no data'.&nbsp; It could mean 'these data are not considered relevant to the overall effort'.&nbsp; Finally, 'nd' could mean 'does not exist'.</p> <p>This particular dataset is a re-display of the dataset <a href=\"http://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/553710\" target=\"_blank\">Integrated Euphausiid Abundance and Zooplankton Biomass</a> with the individual zooplankton under a general heading of 'species'.</p> <p><strong>References:&nbsp; </strong></p> <p>Wiebe, P. [ed] 1983. Interdisciplinary study of Gulf Stream warm-core rings physics, chemistry, and biology.Report of the Warm-Core Rings Data Workshop. July 6-19, 1983.Whispering Pines Conference Center, W. Alton Jones Campus, University of Rhode Island, West Greenwich, Rhode Island. <a href=\"http://dmoserv3.bco-dmo.org/data_docs/NAtlDarkData/Wiebe_Report_WCR_DataWorkshop_AltonJones_July1983.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http://dmoserv3.bco-dmo.org/data_docs/NAtlDarkData/Wiebe_Report_WCR_DataWorkshop_AltonJones_July1983.pdf</a></p>