Dataset

Continuous Plankton Recorder Dataset (Pacific CPR Survey) - Phytoplankton

OBIS UK Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The CPR Survey is unique in having comparable data on the geographical distribution, seasonal cycles and year-to-year changes in abundance of plankton over a large spatial area. There is no other survey in the world with 80 years of marine plankton data.

Citation: Johns D (2024): Continuous Plankton Recorder Dataset (Pacific CPR Survey) - Phytoplankton. v1.4. Marine Biological Association. Dataset/Occurrence. https://www.dassh.ac.uk/ipt/resource?r=pacific-cpr-phyto&v=1.4

Published: December 19, 2024 at 17:25

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

URL: https://www.dassh.ac.uk/ipt/resource?r=pacific-cpr-phyto

Contacts:

David Johns
The Marine Biological Association of the UK

Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (DASSH)
Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (DASSH)

136,054
occurrence records
149
taxa
104
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 136,054
100.0%
eventDate 136,054
100.0%
occurrenceStatus 136,054
100.0%
scientificNameID 5,400
4.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 20,209
14.9%
NO_MATCH 5,400
4.0%
MARINE_UNSURE 1,876
1.4%
ON_LAND 41
0.0%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 37
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data