Dataset

Atlantic Meridional Transect cruise AMT12 - Microzooplankton abundance and biomass (optical microscopy) (CTD bottles)

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This dataset contains microzooplankton abundance and biomass data from CTD bottle samples collected during the AMT12 cruise in the Atlantic between Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, and Grimsby, United Kingdom, in May-June 2003. The data contribute to the AMT project and were collected by scientists from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

Citation
Hampton P, Fileman E (2025). Atlantic Meridional Transect cruise AMT12 - Microzooplankton abundance and biomass (optical microscopy) (CTD bottles). Version 1.17. British Oceanographic Data Centre. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.vliz.be/bodc/resource?r=1000633_amt12_microzooplankton_abundance_biomass_opticalmicroscopy_ctd&v=1.17
Published
May 06, 2025 at 13:07
First registration
October 24, 2025 at 14:45
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License
URL
https://ipt.vliz.be/bodc/resource?r=1000633_amt12_microzooplankton_abundance_biomass_opticalmicroscopy_ctd
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/bodc/archive.do?r=1000633_amt12_microzooplankton_abundance_biomass_opticalmicroscopy_ctd

Contacts

Paul Hampton
University of Liverpool School of Biological Sciences

Elaine Fileman
Plymouth Marine Laboratory

British Oceanographic Data Centre, Liverpool
British Oceanographic Data Centre, Liverpool

Charlotte Dempster
British Oceanographic Data Centre, Liverpool

Andy Rees
Plymouth Marine Laboratory

315
total submitted occurrences
315
accepted occurrences
1,264
measurements and facts
5
taxa

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 315
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
MARINE_UNSURE 53
16.8%

Measurement types

DNA derived data