gov.noaa.nodc:0187513 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 2025-06-11T23:25:35Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Zooplankton and ichthyoplankton abundance and distribution in the North Atlantic collected by the Ecosystem Monitoring (EcoMon) Project from 1977-02-13 to 2023-11-15 (NCEI Accession 0187513) 2019-08-15 publication 2025-06-11 revision 2019-04-10 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0187513 NCEI Archive Management System 0187513 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 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) resourceProvider NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) contributor NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author tableDigital This dataset contains zooplankton and ichthyoplankton distribution and abundance, sea surface and bottom water temperatures and salinities collected during the shelf-wide fisheries surveys for the Ecosystem Monitoring Program (EcoMon) from 1977-02-13 to 2023-11-15. The surveys are conducted 6-7 times per year over the continental shelf from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, using NOAA research ships or charter vessels. The Cape Hatteras to Cape Sable area is divided into four regions, and 30 randomly selected stations are targeted for sampling from each region. Along with the data collected from each cruise, this archival package also contains the GIS shapefiles that comprise the strata used to randomly select plankton stations in the EcoMon study area. These strata comprise 4 regions: Mid-Atlantic Bight, Southern New England, Georges Bank, and Gulf of Maine and will help the user better understand the sampling methodology. The EcoMon investigation monitors the fishery-relevant components of the Northeast Shelf ecosystem, to characterize the baseline conditions and to determine the effects of biological and physical processes on the recruitment of Northeast shelf fishes. Data from this program have supported numerous analyses documenting the seasonal and interannual variability in the distribution and abundance of the dominant zooplankton taxa on the northeast continental shelf. 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 0187513 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:0187513 Preview graphic PNG 0187513 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2024-11-11 publication BIOMASS - PLANKTON FISHERY SURVEY SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER SALINITY - SURFACE WATER SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SPECIES - PERCENT OCCURRENCE species abundance SPECIES COUNT PER SAMPLE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT ZOOPLANKTON ZOOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS ZOOPLANKTON IDENTITIES ZOOPLANKTON SPECIES IDENTITIES ZOOPLANKTON SPECIES NUMBER PER SAMPLE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS net net - plankton net net - zooplankton net instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS biological in situ survey - biological tows - oblique tows tows - plankton tows theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS ADMIRAL ARCISZEWSKI ALIOT ARGO MAINE ARGUS BELOGORSK EVRIKA Goerlitz GYRE Isabel S. Katahdin MT. MITCHELL NOAA Ship Albatross IV NOAA Ship Delaware II NOAA Ship George B. Kelez NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer NOAA Ship Pisces Nobska NOGLIKI Nordic Pride USNS Adventurous YUBILEYNYY platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Bay of Fundy East Coast - US/Canada North Atlantic Ocean Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC > Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 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 EcoMon project Originator Project Names EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > SURFACE SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science 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 Ichthyoplankton Oceanography Plankton Zooplankton baseline conditions remote sensing shelf-wide theme Provider Keywords NETS > NETS PLANKTON NETS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument 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 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 ADMIRAL ARCISZEWSKI (call sign: SQHZ, ICES code: 67AA) ALBATROSS IV (call sign: WMVF, ICES code: 31A4, 1963-2008) ALIOT (ICES code: CUAL) ARGO MAINE (ICES code: 33AM) ARGUS (ICES code: 90A3) Adventurous (ICES code: 32QQ, 1988-1992) BELOGORSK (ICES code: 90BK) DELAWARE II (ICES code: 316G) EVRIKA (call sign: EWVO, ICES code: 90EV) G. B. KELEZ (ICES code: 31KE) GORDON GUNTER (call sign: WTEO, ICES code: 33GG, 1998-) GYRE (ICES code: 32GY) Goerlitz (call sign: DHXV, ICES code: 3149, 1961-1981) HENRY B. BIGELOW (call sign: WTDF, ICES code: 33HH, 2005-) Isabel S. (ICES code: 327N) Katahdin (call sign: WUY7620, ICES code: 33H0) Mt. Mitchell (call sign: WDA9674, ICES code: 33MI, 2003-) NOGLIKI (ICES code: 90NG) Nobska (call sign: WDB9532, ICES code: 33RE) Nordic Pride (ICES code: 32YE) OKEANOS EXPLORER (call sign: WTDH, ICES code: 334A, 2008-) PISCES (call sign: WTDL, ICES code: 334B, 2009-) YUBILEYNYI (ICES code: 90YU) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes ABLE JAY ADMIRAL ARCISCEWSKI ADVENTUROUS ALBATROSS IV ALIOT ARGO MAINE ARGUS BELOGORSK DELAWARE II ENDEAVOR EVRIKA GEORGE B KELEZ GOERLITZ GORDON GUNTER GYRE HENRY B BIGELOW ISABEL S KATAHDIN LADY HAMMOND MARION C II ; ALSO MORMAC CAPE (PRIOR TO 1990) MOUNT MITCHELL NOBSKA NOGLIKI NORDIC PRIDE OCEANOGRAPHER OKEANOS EXPLORER PELICAN III PISCES; ALSO OCEAN PRINCE (PRIOR TO 2008) WIECZNO YUBILEINIY platform Originator Platforms OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BAY OF FUNDY 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 Carolina Capes (North Carolina) East Florida Georges Bank Georgia Gulf of Maine Mid-Atlantic Bight Nova Scotia South Carolina Southern New England place Provider Location Keywords accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (2019). Zooplankton and ichthyoplankton abundance and distribution in the North Atlantic collected by the Ecosystem Monitoring (EcoMon) Project from 1977-02-13 to 2023-11-15 (NCEI Accession 0187513). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0187513. Accessed [date]. 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian net net net net - plankton net net - plankton net net - plankton net net - zooplankton net net - zooplankton net net - zooplankton net ADMIRAL ARCISZEWSKI ADMIRAL ARCISZEWSKI ALIOT SRT-M-8005 ARGO MAINE ARGO MAINE ARGUS Vessel Type: M.Research/Fishing Built: 1969 IMO: 7044548 (Lloyd's Register 1984-85) New Callsign: UEZY (Lloyd's Register 1995-96) BELOGORSK BELOGORSK EVRIKA Vessel Type: M.Research/Fishing Built: 1971 IMO: 7119214 (Lloyd's Register 1990-91) Goerlitz Submitted to ICES on 11/19/2008; NODC Code 3149 is provisional at this time. GYRE Flag: United States Vessel Type: Oceanographic Research IMO: 7318999 DOB: 1973-10 Isabel S. Submitted to ICES on 11/19/2008; approved. Name : Isabel S. Platform Class : fishing vessel Notes : WOD code 9665; 91 foot offshore fishing vessel based in New Bedford, MA, see http://www.crenvironmental.com/Isabel.htm for additional information Katahdin Updated information received from ICES on 2008-12-10: Name : Katahdin Call Sign : WUY7620 Platform Class : fishing vessel IMO : 8813881 Notes : built 1988, renamed to Misty Dawn, WOD code 9661 Notes : Call sign change found on http://e-ships.net/index/M13.shtml. Confirmed by NOAA on 2009-01-30. MT. MITCHELL Use code=33MI for data from R/V Mt. Mitchell after 2003. Use code=31M7 for data from NOAA Ship MT. MITCHELL from 1968-1995. Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel (Hydrographic); Ice Strengthened DOB: Oct 1967 IMO: 6710932 Former Name: NOAA Ship MT. MITCHELL (NODC Code: 31M7) Sold by NOAA in 2001 and converted to commercial research. 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 Delaware II Updated information from ICES for UNITED STATES platform DELAWARE II Built: 1967-12-01 Title: NOAA Ship Pennant: R 445 Call Sign: KNBD Platform Class: RESEARCH VESSEL Info Source Type: URL Info Source: http://www.moc.noaa.gov/de/index.html Commissioned: 1975-03-12 IMO: 7629946 Other Call Signs: WZ2031 NOAA Ship George B. Kelez https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAAS_George_B._Kelez_(R_441) NOAAS George B. Kelez (R 441), previously NOAAS George B. Kelez (CRS 41), was an American research vessel in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet from 1972 to 1980. Prior to her NOAA career, she operated under the United States Fish and Wildlife Service′s Bureau of Commercial Fisheries from 1962 to 1970 as US FWS George B. Kelez and the National Marine Fisheries Service from 1970 to 1972 as NOAAS George B. Kelez (CRS 41). NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter Updated information for the vessel GORDON GUNTER from UNITED STATES(US). Name : GORDON GUNTER Country(s) : UNITED STATES(US) (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 31 Research vessel Call Sign : WTEO IMO : 8835255 Pennant : R 336 Title : NOAA Ship Commissioned Date : 1998-08-28 Current Length : 68.3 Built : 1989-05-12 Previous Name (Notes): Relentless Notes : Built as the U.S. Naval Ship RELENTLESS (T-AGOS 18). Transferred to NOAA in 1993. Information Sources: - http://www.moc.noaa.gov/gu/index.html - http://www.seasearcher.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=341240 Confirmed by NOAA on 2010-09-10. NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow Title: NOAA Ship Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Fishery Research Vessel (Oceanographic) DOB: Jun 2006 IMO: 9349057 NOAA Ship HENRY B. BIGELOW was launched on July 8, 2005 and commissioned by NOAA on July 16, 2007. For more information, see http://www.moc.noaa.gov/hb. Submitted by NODC to ICES on 2010-09-08. Confirmed in ICES by NOAA on 2012-10-02. NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Title: NOAA Ship Flag: United States Vessel Type: DOB: 19881028 Commissioned: 20080813 IMO: 8835114 MMSI: 369888000 Notes: Previous Name USNS Capable (T-AGOS-16) Lloyds URL http://www.seasearcher.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=5115136 Additional Info Source http://www.moc.noaa.gov/oe/ (URL) Confirmed by NOAA on 01 July 2011. NOAA Ship Pisces Updated information from ICES for UNITED STATES platform PISCES: Name : PISCES Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : WTDL Title : NOAA Ship Platform Class : Research vessel IMO : 9349071 Pennant : R-226 Commissioned Date : 2009-11-06 Current Length : 63.8 Built : 2007-12-06 Information Source : http://www.moc.noaa.gov/pc/index.html (URL) Lloyds URL : http://www.seasearcher.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=366752 Original NODC information: Flag: United States Title: NOAA Ship R-226 Vessel Type: Fisheries Survey/Research DOB: 20071219 Commissioned: 20091106 Submitted to ICES on 2010/09/08. Confirmed by NOAA on 22 Mar 2012. Nobska Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Fishing vessel Built: 1988 IMO: 8852461 Submitted to ICES on 2011-07-19. Confirmed by NOAA on 20120724. NOGLIKI NOGLIKI Nordic Pride Additional information received from ICES on 2008-12-10: Name : Nordic Pride Platform Class : fishing vessel IMO : 8719554 Notes : WOD code 9666, Built 1987, Length overall 31m Lloyds: http://www.lloydsmiu.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=269080 USNS Adventurous Updated information from ICES for the vessel Adventurous from UNITED STATES. Name Adventurous Platform Class: 39 NAVAL VESSEL Commissioned: 1988 Title: USNS Pennant: AGOS 13 Built: 1987-09 Decommissioned: 1992 Info Source: http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/AGOS13.htm Additional comments Submitted to ICES on 11/19/2008. Confirmed by ICES and NOAA on 2014-08-05. YUBILEYNYY Vessel Type: M.Fishing Built: 1967 IMO: 6928357 (Lloyd's Register 1984-85) New Name: Kaleste (1992)(Lloyd's Register 1995-96) New Callsign: ESOK