BCF - POFI Zooplankton biomass data (displacement volume) and zooplankton abundance data (functional groups) sampled by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF) during the Pacific Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (POFI).

Plankton Data Content [ Click here for a summary of the groups and species present in this data set. ] BIOM ZOOP PHYT TSOX NUTS CHLA Click on an icon above to map just that data type. Temporal Sampling Coverage [ Click here for a summary and maps of sampling coverage by year and month. ] Sampling Dates:   May 1950 - July 1961 Ship & Cruise Summary [ Click here for cruise-by-cruise maps, sampling station tables, and data access. ] Sampling Metadata [ click here for information on the sampling gear, mesh sizes, and methods used. ] Investigator Credit [ Click here for a summary of associated investigators, institutes, and projects. ] Data Access & Formats [ Click here for data format descriptions and access. ] Data Distribution Map Click on a "Plankton Data Content" icon (upper left) to see that data type displayed on this map. ( Any gold dots in this map represent non-quantitative samples. ) World Location Map The Red Box indicates the area of the focused map above.

This data summary is for just one out of over 150 plankton data sets present in the NMFS-COPEPOD global plankton database. If you were dropped here by a search engine, you can find out more about this online database by clicking here.

Sub-Collection:   BCF - POFI North Pacific (68%) , South Pacific (32%)

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