Zooplankton Abundance and Species Composition (Excel) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.166 Summary The eastern Bering Sea shelf supports productive marine ecosystems with extraordinarily valuable fisheries and subsistence resources, but sub-arctic seas are predicted to be one of the regions most sensitive to future warming of the world's oceans. Some of the most direct effects of changing climate will be on the extent, duration and timing of sea-ice over the Bering Sea shelf. Sea-ice controls the timing of the spring phytoplankton bloom, the fate of primary production, water column temperature and salinity, and provides a haul out and molting platform for marine mammals. Thus, the most urgent priority of the Bering Sea Ecosystem Study-Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (BEST-BSIERP) is to examine the role of changing sea-ice conditions on the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of the ecosystem. The first BEST cruise was scheduled on the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy in April-May 2007, however, physical observations, water column nutrient chemistry, and zooplankton distribution / abundance were not among the ecosystem components funded in the first call for proposals. Project ARC-0722448 funded by NSF after the first call for BEST proposals filled this gap in chlorophyll and zooplankton collections until the remainder of BEST projects could be assembled in 2008. BEST-BSIERP together are the Bering Sea project. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 102.166 * doi:10.5065/D6CV4FQ8 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6CV4FQ8 Versions 1.0 Citation Napp, J., Napp, J. 2011. Zooplankton Abundance and Species Composition. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6CV4FQ8 Accessed 19 Apr 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * BEST: Bering Ecosystem Study https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/BEST Additional information * Language: English Grant Code 0722448 ISO Topic Categories * biota * oceans Categories * Abundance * Arctic * Plankton Platforms * Ships Instruments * Conductivity, Temperature, Depth - CTD * Fluorometers Events * HLY-07-01 Sites * Bering Sea GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON Documentation * HE0701_Chlordata.html [23 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41D751B31AB5/HE0701_Chlordata.html Related links * companion: 102.1660: Zooplankton Abundance and Species Composition (ASCII) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.1660 * homepage: BEST Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/best * info: BEST Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/data-policy-1 * info: BEST Catalog https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/best/ Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2007-04-10 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2007-05-12 12:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 65.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 54.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -160.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Jeffrey M. Napp https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/802 * originator: Jeffrey M. Napp https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/802 * principalInvestigator: George Hunt https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1332 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.166?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.166?format=isotc211