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., Richardson, A. J., Continuous Plankton Recorder Team
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon Press 2003
• Subjects: Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR); Phytoplankton; Zooplankton; Time series; Biogeography; Oceanographic instrumentation; North Sea; North Atlantic; North Pacific; 0405 Oceanography; 050101 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change; 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology); 10 Technology; Pacific; Handle The
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:162468

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...