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North East Coast of England Plankton Surveys (1976)

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General  
Data holding centreCentre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory
CountryUnited Kingdom  United Kingdom
Time periodFrom January to November 1976
OngoingNo
Geographical area

North east coast of England (53 to 56° N and 2° E to 2° W)

Observations 
Parameters

Zooplankton and zoobenthos morphological parameters; Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Raw fluorometer output; Zooplankton growth rates; Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Temperature of the water column; Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column; Zooplankton non taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column; Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column; Zooplankton and zoobenthos development stage parameters; Zooplankton egg hatch proportion; Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Zooplankton feeding

Instruments

Fluorometers; plankton nets; salinity sensor; dissolved gas sensors; pH sensors

Description 
Summary

Twelve cruises of between 80-130 stations were undertaken to describe the distribution, mortality and drift of fish eggs and larvae. All fish eggs and larvae were identified to species where possible. Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) and Nephrops larvae were counted and staged. Densities of each species were calculated to numbers per square metre and contoured charts (hand drawn) were produced. Most of these data are on MAFFMAP (as part of the UK Digital Marine Atlas), available on floppy disk. Environmental parameters were measured as follows: continuous records of surface temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen and transparency; surface salinity is also available from bottle samples on each sampling position; nutrient samples (nitrate, nitrite, phosphate and silicate) were taken from surface water on each sampling position; continuous measurement of in-vivo chlorophyll-a fluorescence.

OriginatorsCentre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory
References

Harding, D., and Nichols, J. (1987) Plankton surveys off the north- east coast of England in 1976: an introductory report and summary of the results., MAFF Fisheries Research Technical Report No. 86: 56 pages.

Data web sitehttp://www.cefas.co.uk/
Availability 
OrganisationCentre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory
AvailabilityLicence
ContactContracts Office, CEFAS, Lowestoft
Address

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR33 OHT
United Kingdom

Telephone+44 1621 562244
Facsimile+44 (0)1502 513865
Administration 
Collating centreBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
Local identifier1029067
Global identifier446
Last revised2009-05-22