Dataset

BioChem: Canadian Arctic ThruFlow Study plankton collection

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Lancaster Sound mooring data has been used to monitor the oceanographic fluxes existing in the Arctic Ocean and to determine ocean and ice statistics for marine shipping and offshore development. As in other Arctic regions, this is the only means to monitor oceanographic and pack ice seasonal and inter-annual variability and supported annually by Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers. Specific unique instrumentation were designed and built to obtain this sparse data set and represent an required data input to ecosystem-based management, climate studies and navigation safety. Important data source for Ecosystem based Management, for Climate studies and for navigation safety. Plankton samples were collected as part of this program to characterize the water masses flowing from the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.

Citation: Jim Hamilton. (2014). BioChem: Canadian Arctic ThruFlow Study plankton collection. Version 1 In OBIS Canada Digital Collections. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada. Published by OBIS, Digital http://www.iobis.org/. Accessed on –INSERT DATE

Published: March 22, 2022 at 20:29

URL: http://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/resource?r=dfo_biochem_marcats

495
occurrence records
54
taxa
24
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 495
100.0%
eventDate 495
100.0%
occurrenceStatus 495
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 5
1.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data