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Plankton Reactivity in the Marine Environment (PRIME) Data set - 1/1/1971 to 7/23/1996 (NCEI Accession 0000168)

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Physical and chemical data were collected using CTD, bottle casts, and another instruments in the North Atlantic Ocean from 01 January 1971 to 23 July 1996. Data were submitted by the British Oceanographic Data Center; Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory with support from the Plankton Reactivity In the Marine Environment (PRIME) project.

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0000168 AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES biological data BIOMASS BIOMASS - PLANKTON CHLOROPHYLL cloud amount/frequency

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title Plankton Reactivity in the Marine Environment (PRIME) Data set - 1/1/1971 to 7/23/1996 (NCEI Accession 0000168)

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