Oil Industry Zooplankton Ecology Data [Hopcroft] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.038 Summary The primary objective of the planktonic communities program is to describe spatial, seasonal and interannual characteristics of the plankton (phytoplankton and zooplankton) communities within the study areas. Phytoplankton, along with algae that grow attached to sea ice, are the conduit of the sun's energy into organic "food" at the base of the food chain in the Chukchi Sea. Phytoplankton are assessed as chlorophyll-a concentration from water samples collected with a Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) rosette. We also measure the concentration of the major nutrients required for their growth in these samples. Zooplankton are the major consumers of phytoplankton, and hence the key pathway to vertebrates such as pelagic fish, seabirds, and even bowhead whales. Zooplankton are collected using two different methods: paired ring nets of medium-size mesh hauled vertically at slow speed for smaller species, and Bongo nets towed off the side of a ship moving at 2 knots for larger, faster species. This dataset is part of the Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis (PacMARS) Project. This dataset contains the original CSV files, metadata files, shapefiles, and geodatabase files in ZIP files. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 255.038 * doi:10.5065/D63R0QX7 https://doi.org/10.5065/D63R0QX7 Versions 1.0 Citation Hopcroft, R., et al. 2013. Oil Industry Zooplankton Ecology Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D63R0QX7 Accessed 29 Mar 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 * PacMARS: Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PacMARS Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: no set schedule * Language: English ISO Topic Categories * oceans Categories * Arctic * Biology * CTD ocean cast * Plankton * Water Sampling Platforms * Ships Instruments * Bongo Nets * Conductivity, Temperature, Depth - CTD Sites * Chukchi Sea GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NUTRIENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > BIOMASS * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON Documentation * 2011_Final_Plankton.pdf [8 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45DBA1607488/2011_Final_Plankton.pdf * 2012_CSESP_Plankton_Final_Report.pdf [6 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45DBA1BEA0C8/2012_CSESP_Plankton_Final_Report.pdf * CHLOROPHYLL_2008_12_Metadata_Ed3.html [38 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45DBA1708C87/CHLOROPHYLL_2008_12_Metadata_Ed3.html * FR_2008_BIO_UAF_Chukchi_Planktonic.pdf [973 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45DBA160748A/FR_2008_BIO_UAF_Chukchi_Planktonic.pdf * FR_2009_BIO_UAF_Chukchi_Planktonic.pdf [9 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45DBA160748D/FR_2009_BIO_UAF_Chukchi_Planktonic.pdf * FR_2010_BIO_Chukchi_plankton.pdf [8 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45DBA1607492/FR_2010_BIO_Chukchi_plankton.pdf * MICROPLK_ABUNDANCE_2012_Metadata_Ed1.html [36 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45DBA1BF2F75/MICROPLK_ABUNDANCE_2012_Metadata_Ed1.html * MICROPLK_BIOMASS_2012_Metadata_Ed1.html [36 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45DBA1BF2F7D/MICROPLK_BIOMASS_2012_Metadata_Ed1.html * ZOOPLANKTON_2008_12_Metadata_Ed3.html [40 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45DBA1708C86/ZOOPLANKTON_2008_12_Metadata_Ed3.html Related links * homepage: PacMARS Home Page https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/list?project=364 * info: PacMARS Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/pacmars/docs/data_policy-pacmars.pdf * info: Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/research/projects/csesp/ Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2008-07-20 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2011-10-14 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 71.99527 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 70.0199 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -166.03035 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -162.18753 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Christie Cowee https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1175 Additional contact information * author: Russell R. Hopcroft https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1200 * author: Pallavi Hariharan https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1746 * author: Jennifer Questel https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1747 * author: Jesse Lamb https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1748 * author: Evelyn Lessard https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1749 * author: Michael Foy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1750 * author: Chris Stark https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1998 * author: Cheryl Clarke-Hopcroft https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1751 * principalInvestigator: Russell R. Hopcroft https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1200 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.038?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.038?format=isotc211