Sampling event

The CPR Survey

Latest version published by Marine Biological Association on 23 February 2022 Marine Biological Association
Sample position, UTC datetime, and Abundance for CPR Survey samples
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Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 267,284 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

  • Event (core)
    267284
  • ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
    4350538
  • Occurrence 
    3543114

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Downloads

Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:

Data as a DwC-A file download 267,284 records in English (80 MB) - Update frequency: annually
Metadata as an EML file download in English (8 kB)
Metadata as an RTF file download in English (7 kB)

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Johns D, Broughton D (2022): The CPR Survey. v1.3. Marine Biological Association. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://doi.org/10.17031/1629

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Marine Biological Association. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 6d56415d-b007-4273-9c74-bcd6b2467434.  Marine Biological Association publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by National Biodiversity Network.

Keywords

Samplingevent; Time series; Monitoring; CPR; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton; Samplingevent

Contacts

Who created the resource:

David Johns
Head of CPR Survey
The Marine Biological Association of the UK
The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, The Hoe
PL1 2PB Plymouth
Devon
GB
+44 1752 426492
http://www.cprsurvey.org/
Derek Broughton
Software Developer
The Marine Biological Association of the UK
The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, The Hoe
PL1 2PB Plymouth
Devon
GB
+441752426492

Who can answer questions about the resource:

David Johns
Head of CPR Survey
The Marine Biological Association of the UK
The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, The Hoe
PL1 2PB Plymouth
Devon
GB
+44 1752 426492
http://www.cprsurvey.org/

Who filled in the metadata:

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

Who else was associated with the resource:

User
Data Team

Geographic Coverage

Atlantic, Arctic, and North Pacific Oceans

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date 1946-01-07

Project Data

No Description available

Title Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey (CPR Survey)

The personnel involved in the project:

Custodian Steward
David Johns

Collection Data

Collection Name Continuous Plankton Recorder Dataset (CPR Survey)
Specimen preservation methods Formalin

Bibliographic Citations

  1. A.J. Richardson, A.W. Walne, A.W.G. John, T.D. Jonas, J.A. Lindley, D.W. Sims, D. Stevens, M. Witt, Using continuous plankton recorder data, Progress in Oceanography, Volume 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-74, ISSN 0079-6611, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2005.09.011. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079661105001424) Keywords: Time series; Monitoring; CPR; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton; Diet; Size https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2005.09.011

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers https://doi.org/10.17031/1629
6d56415d-b007-4273-9c74-bcd6b2467434
https://www.dassh.ac.uk/ipt/resource?r=cpr_public