The Continuous Plankton Recorder:concepts and history, from Plankton Indicator to undulating recorders

• Published in: Progress in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Reid, P. C., Colebrook, J. M., Matthews, J B L, Aiken, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: GEOGRAPHICAL-DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION-DYNAMICS; ZOOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE; LARGE-SCALE PATTERNS; Oceanography; TIME-SERIES; CALANUS-FINMARCHICUS; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; LONG-TERM CHANGES; DECAPOD CRUSTACEAN LARVAE; EASTERN NORTH-ATLANTIC; Calanus finmarchicus; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/702280a9-1ecc-47d2-a7b7-94e10183d42c; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2003.08.002

Alister Hardy conceived the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey in the 1920s as a means of mapping near-surface plankton in space and time, interpreting the changing fortunes of the fisheries and relating plankton changes to hydrometeorology and climatic change. The seed he planted has grown t...