Time-series of primary production and zooplankton at 3 fixed stations in the waters off Tenerife, Canary Islands
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Country | Spain  |
| Time period | From 10 July 1971 onwards |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Canary Islands |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Zooplankton ash-free dry weight biomass per unit volume of the water column; Primary production in the water column |
| Instruments | Optical microscopes; spectrophotometers; liquid scintillation counters |
| Description | |
| Summary | Since 1971 the Oceanographic Centre of the Canary Islands of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography has been carrying out a general study of plankton at a permanent station situated 5 miles to the East of Santa Cruz de Tenerife with a depth of 1,200 metres. The absence of some data is due to the fact that the station could not be manned during certain periods. Thus, a total of 5 cycles was studied during the 1970-90 period. Since 1979, new studies were carried out at another permanent station, similar to the first, situated to the SW of Tenerife. As a contrast to these two studies, a coastal station was set up in 1975 in the Bay of Antequera, with a depth of only 15 metres. |
| Originators | IEO-CSIC, Oceanographic Centre of Canary Island |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Availability | Unrestricted |
| Contact | Alvaro Fernandez (Director) |
| Address | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Telephone | +34 91 5974443 |
| Facsimile | +34 915 974770 |
| director@md.ieo.es | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Local identifier | 8036033 |
| Global identifier | 2681 |
| Last revised | 2009-01-13 |
