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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 | Metadata Last Checked: October 13, 2025 | Last Modified: 2019-09-17T00:00:00.000+00:00
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 plankton 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 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 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) World-Wide Distribution oceanography 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 MARMAP > Marine Resources, Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction USARP > U.S. Antarctic Research Program EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON PLANKTON NETS TRAPS > TRAPS 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 Ships 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) GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN

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