Citation:

PANGAEA.757729, Supplement to: Vinogradov, ME; Musaeva, EI (1989): Peculiarities of plankton distribution in oligotrophic tropical ocean regions. Oceanology, 29(3), 375-381

Name: Abundance of plankton in the upper 200 m layer in tropical oligotrophic regions of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Abstract:

Quantitative distribution of plankton (mostly mesoplankton) is studied in the upper 200 m layer of oligotrophic waters in tropical anticyclonic gyres of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Some general features of its trophic and taxonomic structures and vertical distribution are described.

Project(s):

Archive of Ocean Data (ARCOD)

Coverage:

Median Latitude: -7.372467 * Median Longitude: 171.577089 * South-bound Latitude: -27.600000 * West-bound Longitude: 53.550000 * North-bound Latitude: 23.033333 * East-bound Longitude: -81.450000

Date/Time Start: 1985-03-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1992-02-01T00:00:00

Event(s):

AK34-3536 * Latitude: 16.383333 * Longitude: -148.383333 * Date/Time: 1986-01-10T00:00:00 * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)

AK34-3591 * Latitude: -19.466667 * Longitude: -81.450000 * Date/Time: 1986-02-24T00:00:00 * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)

AK34-3592 * Latitude: -19.666667 * Longitude: -81.550000 * Date/Time: 1986-02-24T00:00:00 * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator
1	Event label	Event
2	Latitude of event	Latitude
3	Longitude of event	Longitude
4	Date/Time of event	Date/Time
5	Date/Time of event 2	Date/Time 2
6	Depth, top/min	Depth top	m	Vinogradov, Mikhail E
7	Depth, bottom/max	Depth bot	m	Vinogradov, Mikhail E
8	Phytoplankton, biomass per area	Phytopl biom int	mg/m²	Vinogradov, Mikhail E
9	Bacteria, biomass per area	Bact B	g/m²	Vinogradov, Mikhail E
10	Mesoplankton, biomass per area	Mesopl BA	g/m²	Vinogradov, Mikhail E
11	Zooplankton, biomass per area	Zoopl BA	g/m²	Vinogradov, Mikhail E
12	Copepodites podoplea	C. podoplea	%	Vinogradov, Mikhail E
13	Predators	Pred	%	Vinogradov, Mikhail E

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Size:

105 data points

Data

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1 Event	2 Latitude	3 Longitude	4 Date/Time	5 Date/Time 2	7 Depth bot [m]	8 Phytopl biom int [mg/m²]	9 Bact B [g/m²]	10 Mesopl BA [g/m²]	11 Zoopl BA [g/m²]	12 C. podoplea [%]	13 Pred [%]
DM38-3450	23.033	162.567	1991-01-06		200	4300	2.0	5.4	5.9	24	19.5
DM38-3451	21.483	171.300	1991-01-08		200	4600	1.4	3.1	5.2	13	19.6
AK34-3536	16.383	-148.383	1986-01-10		200	1000	1.1				13.8
DM38-3452	6.500	-152.500	1987-01-15		200	2200	2.8	4.8	5.9	14	32.9
DM38-3453	4.500	-138.500	1987-01-18		200	3400		4.7	7.1	31	37.6
AK34-3591	-19.467	-81.450	1986-02-24		200	9100	19.6	4.2	4.8		13.0
AK34-3592	-19.667	-81.550	1986-02-24		200	6200	8.9	4.0	4.4		26.0
AK34-3593	-20.233	-81.850	1986-02-25		200	7000	8.4	4.8	5.2		28.0
DM34-3071	-27.037	-156.877	1985-03-03		200	6800	8.1	2.0	2.1		11.4
AK34-3597	-27.600	-83.967	1986-02-28		200	9100	9.1	3.4	3.2		21.5
Vy-2074	-18.083	69.917	1992-01-23		200	3000	6.2	3.1	3.2	27	21.0
Vy-2075.1	-12.583	53.800	1992-01-30		200	2500	3.3	3.5	4.0	26	24.0
Vy-2075.2	-12.583	53.800	1992-01-31		200			2.1	2.6	21	27.0
Vy-2075.3	-12.583	53.800	1992-01-31	1992-02-01	200			5.2	8.8	17	24.0
Vy-2075.4	-12.650	53.550	1992-02-01		200			4.6	5.0	29	20.0