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Plankton, chlorophyll and other measurements found in datasets OSD, CTD, XBT and UOR taken from the BELGICA (R/V; call sign ORGQ; built 07.1984; IMO 8222563), POSEIDON (F/V;call sign DBKV;built 1976;IMO7427518) and other platforms in the North Atlantic , Coastal N Atlantic and other locations from 1964 to 1995 (NODC Accession 0000172)

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The original data can be accessed via: NCEI Ocean Archive System

Data distribution plot for NCEI accession 0000172
Accession: 0000172
Date Received (month/day/year): 10/4/2000
Start date (month/day/year): 4/19/1964
End date (month/day/year): 12/25/1995
Submitting Investigator: LOWRY; DR. R.K.
Submitting Institute: BRITISH OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER(BODC)
Contains observation type(s): physical,chemical,biology
Contains datatype(s): 2877 plankton profiles
- 2529 chlorophyll profiles
- 1046 phosphate profiles
- 1098 nitrate profiles
- 2978 temperature profiles
- 2550 salinity profiles
- 764 oxygen profiles
- 191 pH profiles
- 75 alkalinity profiles
- 1006 silicate profiles
- 220 transmissivity profiles
- 3494 Bottom_Depth measurements
Includes Sea Area(s): North Atlantic
- Coastal N Atlantic
- Arctic
West Boundary: -33.72
East Boundary: 19.35
North Boundary: 70.59
South Boundary: 24.80
Contains Instrument Type(s): XBT (324 casts)
- CTD (1632 casts)
- STD (20 casts)
- bottle/rossette/net (4954 casts)
- towed CTD (218 casts)
Project(s): OCEAN MARGIN EXCHANGE PROJECT (OMEX)
- MAST II (MARINE SCIENCE AND TEHNOLOGY PROGRAMME II)
Institute(s): SIR ALISTER HARDY FOUNDATION FOR OCEAN SCIENCE (SAHFOS) (PLYMOUTH; ENGLAND)
- BRITISH OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER(BODC)
- UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX I DEPARTEMENT DE GEOLOGIE ET OCEANOGRAPHIE
Platform(s): BELGICA (R/V; call sign ORGQ; built 07.1984; IMO 8222563)
- POSEIDON (F/V;call sign DBKV;built 1976;IMO7427518)
- VALDIVIA (R/V;b.1966;ex.Vikingbank 1970;renamed Kommandor Jack 1999;IMO5380376)\
- PELAGIA (R/V BUILT 1991; CALL SIGN PGRQ)a
- CHARLES DARWIN (R/V;c.s.GDLS;built 1984;ren-d Ocean Researcher 2006;IMO8207941)
- METEOR (R/V; call sign DBBH; built 1986; IMO8411279)
- JAN MAYEN (F/V;c.s.LAHV;comm-d 09.1988;decomm-d 06.2011;IMO8716655)
- MADORNINA
- HEINCKE (R/V; call sign DBCK; built 1990; IMO8806113)
- DISCOVERY (R/V; call sign GLNE; built 12.1962; IMO5090660)
- AURIGA (A5205; call sign CTHL; built 1987; Instituto Hidrografico)
- COTE D'AQUITAINE (C.s.FPRI;b.1980;ren-d Atlantic Surveyor 2010;MMSI 227033000)
- AN CAPPALL BAN (F/V)
- ANDROMEDA (A5203; call sign CTHK; built 1985; Instituto Hidrografico)