Identification

Title

2004 - 2013 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Eastern Irish Sea (EIS) Smart Buoy Samples Project Plankton Survey

Abstract

A series of surveys were carried out from 2004 to 2011 by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science at the Smart Buoy site in the eastern Irish Sea, deployed from RV Prince Madog. The aim of each survey was to collect 10 vertical zooplankton ringnet samples at Site A to determine species diversity and abundance. This data consists of the numbers of zooplankton, along with associated positional data and volumes filtered.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

CEFAS60747c12-0be4-47dd-bdbc-2ea4a45ace1c

codeSpace

http://www.cefas.co.uk/

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

OGP

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011-03-25

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-4.5

East bounding longitude

-2.5

North bounding latitude

54.25

South bounding latitude

53

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-05-18

code identifying the extent

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2004-04-01

End position

2013

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2019-10-29

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Samples were collected using 0.5 m and 1 m ring nets. Data storage: The raw data were stored on an Access database. The various data files were stored on the database in a series of tables linked by having the content of certain fields in common. All routine calculations, calibration changes and conversions were carried out on the database. The data tables (but not queries) have now been extracted into text files. Plankton data are normally expressed as either number of organisms per m3 or per m2. The number per m3 is obtained by dividing the numbers per sample by the volume filtered, calculated from the sampler flowmeters. Number per m2 is obtained by multiplying the number per m3 by the mean sampled depth during a deployment.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply

Responsible organisations

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

telephone number

+44 (0)1502 562244

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2019-10-29T10:09:44

Metadata language