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SCAR Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey
Resource ID
90bbc508-3f0d-11ed-8756-0242ac140006
Title
SCAR Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey
Date
Sept. 28, 2022, 9:11 a.m., Publication
Abstract
The Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder Database was initially established to assist the development and expansion of the CPR research in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic waters, but now focuses on the Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) of the data and maintaining the highest methodological standards in CPR sampling and taxonomic methodology across the SO-CPR Survey laboratories. The SCAR Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder (SO-CPR) Survey was established in 1991 by the Australian Antarctic Division to map the spatial-temporal patterns of plankton biodiversity and use the sensitivity of plankton to environmental change as early warning indicators of the health of the Southern Ocean. It also contributes to or can serve as a reference for other observational/monitoring programmes such as the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS), Southern Ocean Sentinel (SOS), CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (C-EMP), and the Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics (ICED) program.
Edition
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Responsible
daveconnell
Point of Contact
Connell
metadata@aad.gov.au
Purpose
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Maintenance Frequency
opportunistically
Type
not filled
Restrictions
None
None
License
CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution International Public License)
Language
eng
Temporal Extent
Start
Jan. 1, 1991, midnight
End
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Supplemental Information
No information provided
Data Quality
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Extent
  • x0: -179.8529598506069
  • x1: 179.82704014939307
  • y0: -77.7592903828198
  • y1: -37.53071895424837
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:4326
Keywords
no keywords
Category
None
Regions
Antarctica