Occurrence

imr_zooplankton_north_sea

Latest version published by Institute of Marine Research on 26 October 2020 Institute of Marine Research
The dataset contains zooplankton species (with lifestage) composition (abundance) from the North Sea and Skagerrak. Samples have been usually preserved in formalin. Be aware of that the specimen Calanus finmarchicus contains both Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus helgolandicus since these two congener species are difficult to separate. Data on species composition are limited. The data are extracted from the IMR zooplankton database that holds North Sea data on species composition (abundance), size fractionated biomass as well as biomass for particular zooplankton groups obtained from standard seasonal transects (Utsira-StartPoint, Feie-Shetland, Hanstholm-Aberdeen, Torungen-Hirtshals) and a regional coverage of the northern North Sea and Skagerrak during April-May.
Publication date:
26 October 2020
License:
CC-BY 4.0

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 18,175 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

  • Occurrence (core)
    18175
  • MeasurementOrFacts 
    18146

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Downloads

Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:

Data as a DwC-A file download 18,175 records in English (461 kB) - Update frequency: unknown
Metadata as an EML file download in English (5 kB)
Metadata as an RTF file download in English (5 kB)

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Falkenhaug, T. (2014). IMR Zooplankton North Sea. Institute of Marine Research, Norway

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Institute of Marine Research. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has not been registered with GBIF

Keywords

Occurrence

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Arnfinn Morvik
Institute of Marine Research
NO
http://www.imr.no

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Tone Falkenhaug
Institute of Marine Research
NO
http://www.imr.no

Who filled in the metadata:

Arnfinn Morvik
Institute of Marine Research
NO
http://www.imr.no

Who else was associated with the resource:

User
Arnfinn Morvik
Institute of Marine Research
NO
http://www.imr.no

Geographic Coverage

North Sea

Bounding Coordinates South West [56.983, -1.666], North East [61.162, 9.367]

Additional Metadata