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Plankton taxa and counts collected using plankton nets and traps from various platforms worldwide from 1928 to 1987 (NCEI Accession 0000561)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 01:13 AM | Dataset Last Updated: September 17, 2019 at 12:00 AM
This dataset includes plankton taxa and counts, gear type, tow type, net mouth diameter and mesh size. The data were collected from 1928 through 1987 from numerous vessels worldwide. The data were compiled by the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) and submitted to NODC in 1994.

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0000561 PLANKTON SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT TAXONOMIC CODE net - plankton net trap - plankton biological

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issued 2001-08-23T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "SPECIES IDENTIFICATION",
  "SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT",
  "TAXONOMIC CODE",
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  "trap - plankton",
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  "ANTON BRUUN",
  "ARGO",
  "ARLIS I",
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  "NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan",
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  "SIGANUS",
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  "UNDAUNTED",
  "USCGC Glacier",
  "USCGC NORTHWIND",
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  "USNS Thomas Washington",
  "USS DAVIS",
  "WESTWARD",
  "XIPHIAS",
  "California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo",
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  "International Pacific Halibut Commission",
  "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration",
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  "Scripps Institution of Oceanography",
  "Smithsonian Institution",
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  "Stanford University",
  "Texas A&M University",
  "United States Coast Guard",
  "University of Connecticut",
  "University of Georgia",
  "University of Maine",
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  "University of Southern California",
  "Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution",
  "Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center",
  "Cooperative Study of the Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions (CSK)",
  "International Cooperative Effort Toward Understanding of the Oceanography of the Eastern TROpical PACific (EASTROPAC)",
  "International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE)",
  "Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP)",
  "PACIFIC OCEAN FISH and INVERTS (POFI)",
  "UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC RESEARCH PROGRAM (USARP)",
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temporal 1928-01-21T00:00:00+00:00/1987-08-18T00:00:00+00:00
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title Plankton taxa and counts collected using plankton nets and traps from various platforms worldwide from 1928 to 1987 (NCEI Accession 0000561)

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