Zooplankton Abundance and Biomass Retrospective
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.282

Summary
Zooplankton abundance and biomass were measured during spring and late summer
on the inner shelf of the southeastern Bering Sea in years of climate
extremes. Samples were taken during late spring and late summer of three
years: 1997, a year of moderate spring ice cover and unusually warm, calm
summer conditions; 1998, a year of warm, but stormy summer conditions with
very little spring ice cover; and 1999, a year of extensive spring ice cover,
cold spring conditions and storms during spring and summer. Mean water column
temperature was significantly lower during June 1999 than June 1998 and 1997.
Copepod abundance and biomass during June were correlated with mean water
column temperature and mean temperature below the thermocline. Mean calanoid
abundance during June 1999 was 8 - 52 % of the mean abundance during 1998 and
1997. Significantly lower abundances during June 1999 were observed for
Calanus marshallae, Acartia spp., Pseudocalanus spp. and calanoid nauplii.
Significant interannual differences in mean water column temperature and
calanoid abundance during late summer (late July-early September) were not
detected. The Hirst-Lampitt equations were used to estimate the mean daily
copepod production during the warm and cold years. This dataset is part of the
Bering Sea Ecosystem Study-Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program
(BEST-BSIERP). BEST-BSIERP together are the Bering Sea project.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 102.282
 * doi:10.5065/D6QJ7FBG
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QJ7FBG

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Coyle, K. 2014. Zooplankton Abundance and Biomass Retrospective. Version 1.0.
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QJ7FBG
 Accessed 26 Apr 2024.

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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
 * Frequency: continuous
 * Language: English

ISO Topic Categories
 * biota
 * oceans

Categories
 * Abundance
 * Arctic
 * Biology
 * Biomass
 * CTD ocean cast
 * Oceanography
 * Plankton
 * Ship Based

Platforms
 * Ships

Instruments
 * Plankton Nets

Sites
 * Bering Sea

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON
 * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > COPEPODS

Documentation
 * Retro_Coyle.html [13 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5104051B31B03/Retro_Coyle.html

Related links
 * info: BEST Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/data-policy-1
 * info: BEST Catalog
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/best/
 * homepage: BEST Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/best

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 1997-06-04 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2004-08-19 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 60.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 53.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -172.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -149.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: Kenneth O. Coyle <coyle@ims.uaf.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/829

Additional contact information
 * author: Kenneth O. Coyle <coyle@ims.uaf.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/829

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.282?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.282?format=isotc211