JARE
Zooplankton biomass data (wet mass, settled volume) and zooplankton abundance data (functional group or Class) sampled during the ongoing Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) program.
PLANKTON CONTENT SUMMARY:
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show biomass data
BIOM 		ZOOP
show zooplankton data 		PHYT
data not available 		show physical data
TSOX 		show nutrient data
NUTS 		show chlorophyll data
CHLA
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TEMPORAL COVERAGE SUMMARY:
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Graphic: Histogram of sampling dates: 1972 - 2001
December 1972 - March 2001

SHIP & CRUISE SUMMARY:
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SAMPLING METHODS SUMMARY:
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INVESTIGATOR SUMMARY:
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DATA STATUS:
Data Status: Coming soon (contact us for a pre-release copy)
These Data are in the final Quality Review stage,
and are not yet freely available online.
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Data Coverage Map: -39 West to 158 East ; -70 South to -22 South
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( Gold dots represent non-quantitative samples. )

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This data summary is for just one out of over 150 plankton data sets present in the NMFS-COPEPOD global plankton database.
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Sub-Collection:   JARE
Indian Ocean (6%) , Antarctic (93%) , Other (1%)
NMFS-COPEPOD(logo): The global plankton database.

Web v7.1   [ 2008-Oct ]
http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/plankton