This dataset has been extracted as part of an exercise to assemble "all" Cefas
Temperature Data and publish it in a Data paper. It is one of 17 Cefas data
sources assembled. The MEMO (Mnemiopsis Ecology Modelling and Observation)
Project was part of a wider sampling programme in collaboration with Ifremer
and ULCO (France), ILVO (Belgium) and Deltares (Netherlands). The data
collected were used to produce models (e.g. an Individual Biological Model,
and hydrodynamic, ecosystem and socioeconomic models – Collingridge et al.
(2014), Van Der Molen et al. (2015) that increased the understanding of the
life cycle of Warty Comb Jellyfish (Mnemiopsis leidyi), the interactions of
gelatinous zooplankton within their ecosystem and the consequences of
increasing number of gelatinous zooplankton in European shelf seas for
stakeholders (industry such as power plants, fisheries and tourism). The
project collected samples for analysis of fish larvae and fish eggs,
microzooplankton and mesozooplankton and phytoplankton. CEFAS Cruises included
were: RV Endeavour 05/2011- Western English Channel (ICES area VIIE), RV
Endeavour 05/2012 - Western English Channel (ICES area VIIE), RV Endeavour
07/2012 - North Sea (Botney Gut/Silver Pit) & RV Endeavour 7X/2012 - North
Sea.
