NMFS Office of Science & Technology   |   Marine Ecosystems Division   <-- back to previous page -- Sampling Metadata   <-  SEFCAR (Data Summary)   <-  COPEPOD: The Global Plankton Database     SAMPLING METADATA Sampling and Processing Summary Oceanographers and biologists from Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC/NOAA) and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS/UM) joined efforts from 1989 to 1994 in a cooperative project to study the effect of oceanographic processes on plankton and regional recruitment of fishes and invertebrates along the continental shelf off southeast Florida. This project called SEFCAR (South East Florida and Caribbean Recruitment) conducted biological and oceanographic surveys in the Straits of Florida between Dry Tortugas and the Upper Florida Keys. Data Contact (and PI):   Maria M. Criales Note:   only the 1989 - 1992 data were made available in the original publication. Sampling Gear Net Mesh Tow Method ( depth range ) # of Tow % of all Tows MOCNESS (Multiple Opening and Closing Nets and Environment Sampling System) 333 um oblique under ~25 m 20 7.0 % MOCNESS (Multiple Opening and Closing Nets and Environment Sampling System) 333 um oblique down-to ~50 m 67 23.6 % MOCNESS (Multiple Opening and Closing Nets and Environment Sampling System) 333 um oblique down-to ~100 m 107 37.7 % MOCNESS (Multiple Opening and Closing Nets and Environment Sampling System) 333 um oblique down-to ~250 m 90 31.7 %     TOTAL TOWS 284   Sub-Collection:   SEFCAR COPEPOD https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod Web v14.1   [ 2017-Sep ]