Larval stages of fish and zooplankton off the Eddystone reef, near Plymouth (1924-1987)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | From 1924 to 1987 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Off the Eddystone reef, near Plymouth, western English Channel |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Zooplankton and zoobenthos morphological parameters; Zooplankton reproduction rate parameters; Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column; Zooplankton and zoobenthos development stage parameters; Zooplankton egg hatch proportion |
| Instruments | Plankton nets |
| Description | |
| Summary | The data comprise a series of weekly hauls at a single station off the Eddystone reef between 1924-1940 and 1946-1987, using 1m or 2m nets on an oblique path through the water column. Resulting data are held on pro-forma invoices or in notebooks. Some have been transferred to Lotus-123 spreadsheets for PC, then edited averages transferred to a mainframe computer. Some averaged data have been published. |
| Originators | Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
| References | Southward, A.J. (1980) The western English Channel - an inconsistent ecosystem?, Nature 285(5764): 361-366. |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | The Director |
| Address | Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
| Telephone | +44 1752 222772 |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1051005 |
| Global identifier | 676 |
| Last revised | 2009-12-01 |
