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Seasonality of mesozooplankton abundance and vertical distribution in the Arctic Kongsfjord (Svalbard) , Norway

Entry ID: ArcOD_2007P2

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Summary

Abstract: Mesozooplankton collections were made during a one-year field period from August 1998 until July 1999 in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Norway, to investigate the seasonality of species composition, abundance, stage and vertical distribution. These data provide the first year-round zooplankton observation in Kongsfjorden. Sampling was carried out in the deepest accessible part of the fjord, weather ...

Purpose: Description of the mesozooplankton species composition, abundance and its seasonal changes in Kongfsjorden in the year 1998/99.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 78.95

S: 78.92

E: -12.2

W: -11.96

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Silke Lischka, Wilhelm Hagen

Dataset Title: Seasonality of mesozooplankton abundance and vertical distribution in the Arctic Kongsfjord (Svalbard) , Norway

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Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1998-08-01

Stop Date: 1999-07-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN

CONTINENT > EUROPE > NORTHERN EUROPE > SCANDINAVIA > NORWAY

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > BRYOZOANS/MOSS ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > EUPHAUSIIDS (KRILL)

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

MAPS

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

SAFARI 2000 > The Southern African Regional Science Initiative Project

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Ancillary Keywords

SOIL TYPE

SAFARI 2000

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)

Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 647

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA