The CPR survey (1948-1997): a gridded database browser of plankton abundance in the North Sea
The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey provides a unique multi-decadal dataset on the abundance of plankton in the North Sea and North Atlantic and is one of only a few monitoring programmes operating at a large spatio-temporal scale. The results of all samples analysed from the survey since...
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ftunivgenova:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/214500 2024-02-11T10:06:48+01:00 The CPR survey (1948-1997): a gridded database browser of plankton abundance in the North Sea VEZZULLI, LUIGI P. C. REID Vezzulli, Luigi P. C., Reid 2003 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11567/214500 eng eng Elsevier Science Limited:Oxford Fulfillment Center, PO Box 800, Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom:011 44 1865 843000, 011 44 1865 843699, EMAIL: asianfo@elsevier.com, tcb@elsevier.co.UK, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.com, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/shpsa/, Fax: 011 44 1865 843010 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000186678300011 volume:58(2-4) firstpage:327 lastpage:336 journal:PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY http://hdl.handle.net/11567/214500 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-0344676411 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2003 ftunivgenova 2024-01-24T17:34:17Z The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey provides a unique multi-decadal dataset on the abundance of plankton in the North Sea and North Atlantic and is one of only a few monitoring programmes operating at a large spatio-temporal scale. The results of all samples analysed from the survey since 1946 are stored on an Access Database at the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) in Plymouth. The database is large, containing more than two million records (~80 million data points, if zero results are added) for more than 450 taxonomic entities. An open data policy is operated by SAHFOS. However, the data are not on-line and so access by scientists and others wishing to use the results is not interactive. Requests for data are dealt with by the Database Manager. To facilitate access to the data from the North Sea, which is an area of high research interest, a selected set of data for key phytoplankton and zooplankton species has been processed in a form that makes them readily available on CD for research and other applications. A set of MATLAB tools has been developed to provide an interpolated spatio-temporal description of plankton sampled by the CPR in the North Sea, as well as easy and fast access to users in the form of a browser. Using geostatistical techniques, plankton abundance values have been interpolated on a regular grid covering the North Sea. The grid is established on centres of 1° longitude x 0.5° latitude (~32 × 30 nautical miles). Based on a monthly temporal resolution over a fifty-year period (1948–1997), 600 distribution maps have been produced for 54 zooplankton species, and 480 distribution maps for 57 phytoplankton species over the shorter period 1958–1997. The gridded database has been developed in a user-friendly form and incorporates, as a package on a CD, a set of options for visualisation and interpretation, including the facility to plot maps for selected species by month, year, groups of months or years, long-term means or as time series and contour plots. This ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Università degli Studi di Genova: CINECA IRIS |
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The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey provides a unique multi-decadal dataset on the abundance of plankton in the North Sea and North Atlantic and is one of only a few monitoring programmes operating at a large spatio-temporal scale. The results of all samples analysed from the survey since 1946 are stored on an Access Database at the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) in Plymouth. The database is large, containing more than two million records (~80 million data points, if zero results are added) for more than 450 taxonomic entities. An open data policy is operated by SAHFOS. However, the data are not on-line and so access by scientists and others wishing to use the results is not interactive. Requests for data are dealt with by the Database Manager. To facilitate access to the data from the North Sea, which is an area of high research interest, a selected set of data for key phytoplankton and zooplankton species has been processed in a form that makes them readily available on CD for research and other applications. A set of MATLAB tools has been developed to provide an interpolated spatio-temporal description of plankton sampled by the CPR in the North Sea, as well as easy and fast access to users in the form of a browser. Using geostatistical techniques, plankton abundance values have been interpolated on a regular grid covering the North Sea. The grid is established on centres of 1° longitude x 0.5° latitude (~32 × 30 nautical miles). Based on a monthly temporal resolution over a fifty-year period (1948–1997), 600 distribution maps have been produced for 54 zooplankton species, and 480 distribution maps for 57 phytoplankton species over the shorter period 1958–1997. The gridded database has been developed in a user-friendly form and incorporates, as a package on a CD, a set of options for visualisation and interpretation, including the facility to plot maps for selected species by month, year, groups of months or years, long-term means or as time series and contour plots. This ... |
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The CPR survey (1948-1997): a gridded database browser of plankton abundance in the North Sea |
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The CPR survey (1948-1997): a gridded database browser of plankton abundance in the North Sea |
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The CPR survey (1948-1997): a gridded database browser of plankton abundance in the North Sea |
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The CPR survey (1948-1997): a gridded database browser of plankton abundance in the North Sea |
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The CPR survey (1948-1997): a gridded database browser of plankton abundance in the North Sea |
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cpr survey (1948-1997): a gridded database browser of plankton abundance in the north sea |
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Elsevier Science Limited:Oxford Fulfillment Center, PO Box 800, Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom:011 44 1865 843000, 011 44 1865 843699, EMAIL: asianfo@elsevier.com, tcb@elsevier.co.UK, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.com, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/shpsa/, Fax: 011 44 1865 843010 |
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