The Global Plankton Database: an inventory and data from the Former Soviet Union expeditions ...

• Main Authors: Piontkovski, Sergey, Agafonov, E A, Akhundova, Akimov, A I, Aladin, N V, Altukhov, Dennis, Andreev, N I, Babanazarova, O V, Babayev, G B, Baksheeva, I P, Baldina, E P, Balymbetov, Kyanish S, Belyakov, Y M, Belyakov, U M, Belyakova, O M, Berg, Lev, Bezborodov, A A, Bileva, O K, Bobko, N I, Boguslavsky, S G, Boltachev, A R, Buivolova, O G, Burlakova, Z P, Ctelmach, L V, Danilenko, A F, Daribaev, A K, Demin, B D, Elibaev, Elmuratov, A E, Erekeev, U E, Eshimbaev, Finenko, Z Z, Georgieva, L V, Goubanova, A D, Greze, V N, Gvozdeva, D L, Hlystov, A Z, Hlystov, N Z, Ilin, Yuri P, Isaeva, F A, Kaminskiy, S T, Karakash, A I, Karnaushenko, N N, Kazakhbaev, S K, Khalturin, Vladimir I, Khlistov, A Z, Kiruhin, V G, Kiryuhin, V G, Kolesnikov, A N, Konovalov, Sergey K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2002
• Subjects: Underway cruise track measurements; Multiple investigations; CTD/Rosette; Net; Bottle, Niskin; Juday net; AAK7/1; AAK7/2; AAK7/3; AAK7/4; AAK7/5; AAK62; AAK65; AAK71; AAK88; AAK90; AAK95; AAK106; AV3; AV5; AV9; AV10; AV11; AV19; AV21; AV22; AV24; AV29; AV32; AV34; AV36; AV37; AV44; GID25; GU61; IHT8; Kiev_02; Kiev_04; KR60; ML13; ML14; ML15; ML16; ML19; ML24; ML25; ML27; ML30; ML32; ML38; Indian; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.712421; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.712421

At present time, there is a lack of knowledge on the interannual climate-related variability of zooplankton communities of the tropical Atlantic, central Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea, and Aral Sea, due to the absence of appropriate databases. In the mid latitudes, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the dominant mode of atmospheric fluctuations over eastern North America, the northern Atlantic Ocean and Europe. Therefore, one of the issues that need to be addressed through data synthesis is the evaluation of interannual patterns in species abundance and species diversity over these regions in regard to the NAO. The database has been used to investigate the ecological role of the NAO in interannual variations of mesozooplankton abundance and biomass along the zonal array of the NAO influence.Basic approach to the proposed research involved: (1) development of co-operation between experts and data holders in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, UK, and USA to rescue and compile the oceanographic data ... : Core international projects dealing with the ocean, as well as the UNEP Biodiversity and Climate Change Program, have emphasised an urgent need for information on the impact of climate change on species diversity and on the development of efforts to deal with this impact.In order to assess this impact, a global database of historical plankton community composition was needed. A team of scientists from IBSS and MSRC developed a plankton database of oceanographic stations sampled during the Former Soviet Union (FSU) expeditions to the World Ocean. This database contains over 50 expeditions to the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Aral Sea, and the Indian Ocean.The Database was created with the assistance of the following institutions:* Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Ukrainain National Academy of Sciences, Sevastopol, Ukraine* Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Ukrainain National Academy of Sciences, Sevastopol, Ukraine* Caspian Biological Station, Institute of ...