IMOS - SOOP Continuous Plankton Recorder (AusCPR) Sub-Facility

• Other Authors: Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) (isOwnedBy)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: data.gov.au
• Subjects: AAD; Agency; Australian Antarctic Division; Biosphere; Bluewater and Climate; CSIRO; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research O; Continuous Plankton Recorder; Countries; East Australian Current; Fluorescence; IMOS Node; IMOS Sub-Facility; Indian Ocean; Microbiota; Multidisplinary Underway Network; NSW-IMOS; New South Wales; New South Wales Integrated Marine Observing Syste; New Zealand; Ocean Optics; Ocean Temperature; Oceans; Pacific Ocean; Phytoplankton; Plankton; Queensland; Regional Seas; SOOP-CPR; Sea Surface Temperature; South Australia; Southern Ocean; Tasman Sea; Tasmania; Water Temperature; Western Australia; Zooplankton; Antarctic; Indian; Pacific; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/imos-soop-continuous-sub-facility/1926633; http://data.gov.au/dataset/b31075fd-634f-4317-9b17-e928513f340e

The Ship of Opportunity (SOOP) Facility encompasses both the open ocean and coastal waters, in support of short time-scales associated with ocean prediction and the longer term scales of climate research. \n\nThe IMOS Continuous Plankton Recorder Sub-Facility (AusCPR) uses a number of Continuous Plankton Recorders (CPR), the only platform that can assess plankton species and be towed behind ships of opportunity. \n\nSpecies-level data are vital to examine mesoscale productivity, biodiversity, and climate impacts on marine ecosystems. Two seasonal routes will be operated, in the Southern Ocean, and the East Australian Current.\n\nData from Southern Ocean CPR (SO-CPR) surveys are available. In addition to data currently being collected, historical data from 1990 have been made available by scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division. Link to SOOP-CPR page on IMOS website -