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Eastern Irish Sea (EIS) Smart Buoy Samples Project Plankton Survey

Publisher
Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Updated
23 July 2026
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

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.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
31 October 2023
Harvest GUID
CEFAS60747c12-0be4-47dd-bdbc-2ea4a45ace1c
Extent (Latitude)
54.25° to 53.00°
Extent (Longitude)
-4.50° to -2.50°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2016-06-10
Dataset reference date (revision)
2023-10-31
Dataset reference date (creation)
2013-07-29
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) (originator, custodian, distributor, owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng