gov.noaa.nodc:0000561 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2025-12-23T16:13:21Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Plankton taxa and counts collected using plankton nets and traps from various platforms worldwide from 1928 to 1987 (NCEI Accession 0000561) 2001-08-23 publication 2019-09-17 revision 2001-08-23 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0000561 NCEI Archive Management System 0000561 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) resourceProvider National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) https://www.noaa.gov/ HTTPS National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website Institution web page information contributor Smithsonian Institution http://www.si.edu/ HTTP Smithsonian Institution website Institution web page information contributor Stanford University http://www.stanford.edu/ HTTP Stanford University website Institution web page information contributor University of Connecticut (UConn) http://www.uconn.edu/index.php HTTP University of Connecticut (UConn) website Institution web page information contributor University of Miami (UM) http://www.miami.edu/ HTTP University of Miami (UM) website Institution web page information contributor California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo http://www.calpoly.edu/ HTTP California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo website Institution web page information contributor University of Georgia (UGA) https://uga.edu/ HTTPS University of Georgia (UGA) website Institution web page information contributor University of Southern California (USC) contributor Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) contributor NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information contributor Duke University contributor International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) http://www.iphc.int/ HTTP International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) website Institution web page information contributor University of Maine (UMO) https://umaine.edu/ HTTPS University of Maine (UMO) website Institution web page information contributor United States Coast Guard (USCG) contributor Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) http://www.whoi.edu HTTP Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) website Institution web page information contributor Texas A&M University (TAMU) https://www.tamu.edu/ HTTPS Texas A&M University (TAMU) website Institution web page information contributor Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ HTTPS Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) website Institution web page information contributor Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center author tableDigital 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. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded NCEI Accession 0000561 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0000561 Preview graphic PNG 0000561 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 1994-01-01 publication PLANKTON SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT TAXONOMIC CODE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS net - plankton net trap - plankton instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS biological plankton theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS ALAMINOS ANTON BRUUN ARGO ARLIS I ARLIS II BERING STRAIT CHARLES H. GILBERT EASTWARD HERO HUGH M. SMITH ICE ISLAND LETS GO LYNCH NOAA Ship Albatross IV NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan NOAA Ship Discoverer OIKOS RV Alpha Helix SIGANUS TE VEGA UNDAUNTED USCGC Glacier USCGC NORTHWIND USCGC Rockaway USNS De Steiguer USNS ELTANIN USNS James M. Gilliss USNS Thomas Washington USS DAVIS WESTWARD XIPHIAS platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Duke University International Pacific Halibut Commission National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Scripps Institution of Oceanography Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Stanford University Texas A&M University United States Coast Guard University of Connecticut University of Georgia University of Maine University of Miami University of Southern California Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS 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) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS World-Wide Distribution place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS > National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce UMAINE > University of Maine WHOI > WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian MARMAP > Marine Resources, Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction USARP > U.S. Antarctic Research Program project Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian BPS (Bathy Pel Smplr) Bongo Net Clarke-Bumpus Net Closing Net Indian Ocean Standard Net MPS (Mult Plankton Smplr) Meter Net Micro Net NORPAC Net Neuston Net Open Net POFI Net PUMP Plankton Net Plankton Trap Ring Net Speed Net WP2 NET Water Pump instrument Originator Sampling Gear Description Ships platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian ALAMINOS (ICES code: 31OS) ALBATROSS IV (call sign: WMVF, ICES code: 31A4, 1963-2008) ALPHA HELIX (call sign: WSD7078, ICES code: 31HX, 1966-) ANTON BRUUN (ICES code: 31AO) ARGO (ICES code: 31AR) ARLIS I (ICES code: 31AW) ARLIS II (ICES code: 31AY) BERING STRAIT (ICES code: 31BS) C. H. GILBERT (ICES code: 31CG) DAVID STARR JORDAN (call sign: WTDK, ICES code: 31JD, 1966-2010) DAVIS (call sign: NDLV, ICES code: 31DI) DE STEIGUER (ICES code: 315D) DISCOVERER (ICES code: 31DS) EASTWARD (ICES code: 31EZ) ELTANIN (ICES code: 31ET, 1962-1975) GILLISS (ICES code: 31GI) GLACIER (ICES code: 31GL) H. M. SMITH (ICES code: 31HS) HERO (ICES code: 316J) ICE ISLAND (ICES code: 31T3) LETS GO (ICES code: 320M) LYNCH (ICES code: 31LY) NORTHWIND (call sign: NRFJ, ICES code: 31NW, 1945-1989) OIKOS (ICES code: 3311) ROCKAWAY (ICES code: 31RC) SIGANUS (ICES code: 3312) TE VEGA (ICES code: 31V5) THOMAS WASHINGTON (call sign: KGWU, ICES code: 31WT, 1965-1992) UNDAUNTED (ICES code: 31UN) WESTWARD (ICES code: 3195) XIPHIAS (ICES code: 32XI) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (2001). Plankton taxa and counts collected using plankton nets and traps from various platforms worldwide from 1928 to 1987 (NCEI Accession 0000561). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000561. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. 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All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. 2019-09-17T15:16:17Z NCEI Accession 0000561 v2.2 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000561/2.2 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0000561 v2.2 published 2019-09-17T15:16:17Z download repository NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015. 2015-04-22T00:00:00 asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian net - plankton net net - plankton net net - plankton net trap - plankton trap - plankton one of several specific type of instrument used to capture plankton ALAMINOS ALAMINOS ANTON BRUUN ANTON BRUUN ARGO ARGO ARLIS I Arctic Research Laboratory Ice Station I ARLIS II Arctic Research Laboratory Ice Station II BERING STRAIT BERING STRAIT CHARLES H. GILBERT CHARLES H. GILBERT EASTWARD EASTWARD HERO HERO HUGH M. SMITH HUGH M. SMITH ICE ISLAND T-3 LETS GO LETS GO LYNCH LYNCH NOAA Ship Albatross IV Updated information from ICES for UNITED STATES platform ALBATROSS IV Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code) Notes : 1963-02-27-present, WMVF Built: 1962-04 Title: NOAA Ship Platform Class: RESEARCH VESSEL Info Source Type: URL Pennant: R 342 Call Sign: WMVF IMO: 7338690 Current Length: 57.0 Info Source: http://www.moc.noaa.gov/al/index.html Decommissioned: 2008-11-20 Commissioned: 1963-05 Notes: Decommissioned in a ceremony November 20, 2008 at the Woods Hole Laboratory of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), the ship's home port. NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan Title: NOAA Ship Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Stern Trawler (Research) DOB: Oct 1965 IMO: 7333195 NOAA Ship Discoverer Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel (Oceanographic) DOB: 1966 IMO: 6600814 Hull Classification: R 102 History: Decommissioned as NOAA Ship DISCOVERER in 1997 OIKOS OIKOS RV Alpha Helix Updated information from ICES for the platform ALPHA HELIX from UNITED STATES. Name : ALPHA HELIX Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : WSD7078 Title : RV Platform Class : Research vessel IMO : 6600905 Commissioned Date : 1966 Current Length : 41 Built : 1966 Notes : In 2007 University of Alaska Fairbanks sold the vessel to Stabbert Maritime Information Source : http://www.rvdata.us/voc/vessel (URL) Lloyds URL : http://www.seasearcher.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=70572 SIGANUS SIGANUS TE VEGA TE VEGA UNDAUNTED UNDAUNTED USCGC Glacier Hull Classification: WAGB-4. Commissioned on 27 May 1955 and the current status is active. USCGC NORTHWIND Hull Classification: WAGB-282. Commissioned on 28 July 1945 and was decommissioned on 20 January 1989. Updated FY2019 USCGC Rockaway Hull Classification: WHEC-377. Commissioned on 26 September 1966 and was decommissioned on 29 January 1972. USNS De Steiguer T-AGOR-12 USNS ELTANIN Updated information from ICES for the platform ELTANIN from United States. Name ELTANIN Country(s) US: UNITED STATES Platform Class 31: Research vessel Native Name Synonyms Call Sign MMSI IMO Pennant Title USNS Commissioned Date 1962 Decommissioned Date 1975 Current Length(m) 81.0768 Built Date 1957 Notes: Oceanographic Research Vessel (T-AGOR-8); commissioned 1962; decommissioned 1975; operated by Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory; Built by U.S. Navy as non-commissioned cargo ship with ice-strengthened double hull, reclassified 1962 as oceanographic research vessel (AGOR-8) and operated by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Sold 1975 to Argentine Navy, renamed Islas Orcadas. USNS James M. Gilliss USNS James M. Gilliss (T-AGOR-4) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1962 [5 November 1962 as USNS James M. Gilliss (T-AGOR-4)]. The ship was operated by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS now MSC) and managed by the Naval Oceanographic Office as one of the "Navy Pool" vessels serving various Navy laboratories and projects in the Atlantic Ocean. After active Navy pool service the ship was assigned to the University of Miami to operate as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet [summer 1971] until 1979. [Wikipedia, 2021-10-19] USNS Thomas Washington https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=kt109nc2cj&chunk.id=pt04&toc.depth=1&toc.id=pt04&brand=eschol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Thomas_Washington_(T-AGOR-10) USS DAVIS USS DAVIS WESTWARD Hull Classification: R/V "Sailboat". Built in 1961 by the Abeking and Rasmussen in Lemwerder, Germany. Commissioned in 2003 with the Ocean Classroom Foundation and the current status is active. XIPHIAS XIPHIAS