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Identification_Information:

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Originator: Unknown

Publication_Date: 20120528

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This dataset contains results from Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) surveys in the Southern Ocean. When the opportunity arises, zooplankton species, numbers and abundance data are recorded on a continuous basis as vessels steam through the area between Australia and Antarctica, including Heard and Macquarie Islands. Observations have been made since June 1990 and are ongoing. Obviously the observations are not continuous over the region with time. Many of the original CPR logbooks from the various voyages have also been scanned, and are available via the Australian Antarctic Data Centre's Reports Register. The fields in this dataset are: Tow Number Ship Code Time (UTC) Date Month Year Season Latitude Longitude Segment Number Distance (nautical miles) Segment Length Species Abundance Fluorescence Salinity Temperature LICOR A detailed description of the fields in the dataset is as follows: Ship Code Two letter code which defines the ship used. AA - Aurora Australis HM - Hakuho Maru KM - Kaiyo Maru SH - Shirase TA - Tangaroa UM - Umitaka Maru (no data yet) Time Time of segment sample in GMT (UTC). Date Date of segment sample in GMT (UTC). Month A useful field to allow searches by month and for comparison between months, and also the same month between years. Year Another useful field to search for individual years for comparison between years. Season Similar to the Year field, but allows search for data from a particular Antarctic season, based around the austral summer, i.e. the 2002/03 season. Latitude Decimal latitude. Longitude Decimal longitude. Segment No. Individual segment number for each tow, and renumbered for each tow. This field is probably only of value in checking data in the database against the original laboratory counts. Segment length This is the true segment length as used in the Geocoding program used to cut the silk, and to calculate positions and average environmental data for each segment. In theory, all segments are 5 nautical miles long. However, this wasn't always the case with early Aurora Australis tows, where it was assumed that each marked segment was 5 nautical miles whereas each tow had subtle variations in silk advancement, depending on the wear of the cassette or travel with or against a current. True segment length has since been recalculated. At other times, some silks have been incorrectly cut and the true length has again been recalculated. The last segment of each tow may be less than 5 nautical miles. This field can be used to standardise species counts to say 5 nautical miles or to a theoretical volume filtered by multiplying the distance travelled by aperture area (12.5 x 12.5 mm). Volume Filtered = Distance (n miles) x 1852 metres x 0.0125 m2. A 5 nautical mile segment theoretical represents 1.45 m3. Species data Zooplankton have been identified to lowest possible taxon, usually species, and counted for each segment. For copepods, copepodites and for some species nauplii (e.g. Rhincalanus gigas) have been counted separately, and for euphausiids, naupliar, calyptopis and furcilia developmental stages are identified. "Total Abundance" of all zooplankton in a segment has been included as a data field. Environmental Data The last four fields are the averaged environmental data for each segment. Three fields, fluorometry (Flu_Value), salinity (TSG_Sal) and sea water temperature (W_Temp_Hi) are common to all research vessels used to date. Note: there doesn't seem to be any fluorometry data for Hakuho Maru. The fourth field is light as PAR (LICOR), which was recorded on all vessels except Shirase, but has been included as a useful parameter to help select data from night and day. Caution: Fluorometry is measured differently on each vessel and are thus not directly comparable between vessels. On Aurora Australis the fluorometry value is arbitrary, although the fluorometer is routinely calibrated. On Tangaroa and Kaiyo Maru, fluorometry has been expressed as a concentration of chlorophyll a. Salinity on AA has been calculated by thermosalinograph. Temperature on AA is measured by a high resolution thyristor near the entrance of a dedicated seawater line, to avoid the problems of heating of the water in by the ship as it passes through pipes. Again the data may not be fully comparable with other vessels. Light as PAR is recorded as micro-Einsteins m-1 s-1.

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19900601

Ending_Date: 20100327

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: -40.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > EUPHAUSIIDS (KRILL)

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > COPEPODS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON

Theme_Keyword: R/V AA > R/V AURORA AUSTRALIS

Theme_Keyword: R/V POLARSTERN

Theme_Keyword: R/V TANGAROA

Theme_Keyword: R/V UM > R/V UMITAKA MARU

Theme_Keyword: SHIPS

Theme_Keyword: R/V YUZ > R/V YUZHMORGEOLOGIYA

Theme_Keyword: CPR > CONTINUOUS PLANKTON RECORDER

Theme_Keyword: OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR

Theme_Keyword: SCAR-MARBIN > SCAR MARINE BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION NETWORK

Theme_Keyword: CAML > CENSUS OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIFE

Theme_Keyword: COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE

Theme_Keyword: EBA > EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY IN THE ANTARCTIC

Theme_Keyword: Abundnace

Theme_Keyword: Date

Theme_Keyword: Distance

Theme_Keyword: Fluorescence

Theme_Keyword: Latitude

Theme_Keyword: Licor

Theme_Keyword: Longitude

Theme_Keyword: Month

Theme_Keyword: Salinity

Theme_Keyword: Season

Theme_Keyword: Segment Length

Theme_Keyword: Segment Number

Theme_Keyword: Ship Code

Theme_Keyword: Southern Ocean

Theme_Keyword: Species

Theme_Keyword: Temperature

Theme_Keyword: Time

Theme_Keyword: Year

Theme_Keyword: Akademik Fedorov

Theme_Keyword: Ary Rongel

Theme_Keyword: Hakuho Maru

Theme_Keyword: Kaiyo Maru

Theme_Keyword: Shirase

Theme_Keyword: Shirase Ii

Theme_Keyword: San Aotea Ii

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Access_Constraints: The data are available for download from the provided URL. Presence records of known species (with no abundance value) are published via DiGIR web services to SCAR-MarBIN, OBIS and GBIF data portals. Use the download link below to a web page showing voyages, maps of tracks and species distribution maps of the area between Australia and Antarctica. Scanned copies of many CPR logbooks are also available for download from the provided URL. In addition to the AADC data are held in the Global Alliance of CPR Surveys (GACS) Database and the IMOS Data Portal. Presence records of known species (with no abundance value) are published via DiGIR web services to SCAR-MarBIN, OBIS and GBIF data portals. Please contact the investigators before using these data, as some explanation may be required.

Use_Constraints:

This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AADC-00099 when using these data. Please contact the investigators before using these data, as some explanation may be required. Furthermore, data were sourced from the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC) based SCAR Southern Ocean CPR (SO-CPR) Survey Database via the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS). IMOS is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and the Super Science Initiative. AADC is part of the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) (a division of the Australian Federal Government), SO-CPR is supported by SCAR, AAD (project 4107), NIPR (Japan), NIWA (NZ), and AWI (Germany). In addition to the citation information listed above, when using this dataset, due acknowledgement must also be provided to IMOS.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GRAHAM HOSIE

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

Address: 203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3364

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3158

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: graham.hosie@aad.gov.au

Data_Quality_Information:

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Caution: Fluorometry is measured differently on each vessel and are thus not directly comparable between vessels. See the summary for further details. The end of each sampling segment is geocoded with latitude and longitude calculated from the one minute time-stamped GPS data. "Segment Length" is the distance in nautical miles for each segment, which is calculated as the cumulative distance between each 1 minute interval. In theory, all segments are 5 nautical miles long. However, this wasn't always the case with early RSV Aurora Australis tows, where it was assumed that the silks advanced at a predetermined rate of 1 cm per nautical mile, whereas each tow had subtle variations in silk advancement, depending on local condition, e.g. whether the CPR was travelling with or against a current. True segment length has since been recalculated. At other times, some silks have been incorrectly cut and the true length has again been recalculated. The last segment of each tow is rarely exactly 5 nautical miles. It is usually less. In this situation we apply the following rule: if the last segment is longer than 2.5 nautical miles it remains as a segment in its own right and can be between 2.5 and 4.99 nautical miles, whereas if it is less than 2.5 it is added to the penultimate segment making the last segment 5 to 7.49 nautical miles. Users of the data can elect to dismiss the last segment. The "Segment Length" field can be used to standardise species counts. Dividing abundance values by the respective segment length will produce numbers per nautical mile, which is equivalent to 0.3 cubic metres based on 1 nautical mile being 1852 m multiplied by aperture area (12.7 x 12.7 mm). A 5 nautical segment is equivalent to 1.5 cubic metres.

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Process_Date: Unknown

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Contact_Person: DATA OFFICER AADC

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

Address: 203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3244

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3351

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: metadata@aad.gov.au

Resource_Description: AADC-00099

Distribution_Liability:

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Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: excel

Transfer_Size: 22.5 MB

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://data.aad.gov.au

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.c...

Access_Instructions:

Download point for the dataset

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Online_Option:

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http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/cpr/

Access_Instructions:

Entry point for on-line database

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Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

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http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.c...

Access_Instructions:

Download a copy of all CPR voyage reports

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Online_Option:

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http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?...

Access_Instructions:

Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Fees: Free

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 19991007

Metadata_Review_Date: 20130307

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GRAHAM HOSIE

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

Address: 203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3364

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3158

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: graham.hosie@aad.gov.au

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time