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CPR Data Access

Data Availability: Data are available online.  The Continuous Plankton Recorder Monitoring Program (CPR) of the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) is unique in having comparable data on the geographical distribution, seasonal cycles and year-to-year changes in abundance of plankton over a large spatial area. 

Access the Databases

Spatial and temporal data are stored for every sample analyzed by the CPR survey, since 1946. This amounts to almost 170000 samples, with around 200 more samples added per month. The presence of every planktonic entity identified on each sample is stored in the database, and there are almost 2 million plankton records in total. The database also contains supportive information such as tow locations, times and dates, ship details, a taxon catalogue and analyst details.

Over 400 entities have been identified on CPR samples, and the 'abundance' of each entity on each sample can be extracted from the database. Some are identified to species level, some to genus level, and some at a higher taxonomic level. Some entities are groups of other entities. A complete list is kept in the database and can be found in the Species List page.

| Access the CPR Database |

| Access the CPR Metadata |

| Access the CPR Data Sets |

Data Products

| CPR Species list |

| CPR Plankton Image Library |


Data Policy

Data Policy Statement  

 

Page reviewed or revised June 28, 2007

 
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