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NMFS Office of Science and Technology
301-427-8100
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Silver Spring
MD
20910
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O'Brien, Todd D
301-427-8160
301-713-1875
1315 East West Hwy
Silver Spring
MD
20910-3282
todd.obrien@noaa.gov
Email (Todd.OBrien@noaa.gov)
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2024-02-29T00:00:00
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
COPEPOD: The Coastal & Oceanic Plankton Ecology, Production, & Observation Database
COPEPOD Database
2014
publication
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
25610
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25610
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O'Brien, Todd D
301-427-8160
301-713-1875
1315 East West Hwy
Silver Spring
MD
20910-3282
todd.obrien@noaa.gov
Email (Todd.OBrien@noaa.gov)
originator
http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/plankton
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COPEPOD has over 200 different download file options, ranging from individual cruises to global compilations.
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http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod/
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This is the main COPEPOD entry page, with access to the COPEPOD database, COPEPODITE time series toolkit, and the NAUPLIUS spatial data toolkit.
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The Coastal & Oceanic Plankton Ecology, Production, & Observation Database (COPEPOD) provides NMFS scientists with quality-controlled, globally distributed plankton biomass, abundance, and composition data, along with other co-sampled physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic variables. COPEPOD provides in situ data along with spatial and temporal data products (i.e., high-resolution gridded mean fields and time series analyses), fulfilling the data needs of plankton scientists at a broad range of aggregations and resolutions (from individual species observations for taxonomists to global carbon fields for modelers).
To fulfill the data needs of plankton scientists at a broad range of aggregations and resolutions, from individual species observations (for plankton taxonomists) to global carbon fields (for plankton and ecosystem modelers).
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O'Brien, Todd D
301-427-8160
301-713-1875
1315 East West Hwy
Silver Spring
MD
20910-3282
todd.obrien@noaa.gov
Email (Todd.OBrien@noaa.gov)
pointOfContact
O'Brien, Todd D
301-427-8160
301-713-1875
1315 East West Hwy
Silver Spring
MD
20910-3282
todd.obrien@noaa.gov
custodian
monthly
phytoplankton data
plankton data
zooplankton data
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historical
ongoing
temporal
global
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pelagic
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DOC/NOAA/NMFS/OST > Office of Science & Technology, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
2017-04-24
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COPEPOD: The Coastal & Oceanic Plankton Ecology, Production, & Observation Database
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Cite As: NMFS Office of Science and Technology, [Date of Access]: COPEPOD: The Coastal & Oceanic Plankton Ecology, Production, & Observation Database [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25610.
NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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Access Constraints: Data is publicly available, online.
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Use Constraints: Data users should cite COPEPOD and/or the individual data sets. Guidance is given at each download menu.
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
25610
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/ost/dmp/pdf/25610.pdf
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort.
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COPEPOD data are stored in comma separated value (CSV) ascii text files. The data area available in a computer-friendly compact format (the "short format") as well as a detailed and human-friendly comma- and space- separated "long format".
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COPEPOD is a global database with plankton data wrapping around the globe from the North Pole to the Antarctic ice edge.
COPEPOD contains historical survey data as old as 1913, but most heavily populated during the period from 1950-1990. Ongoing survey data is also present, generally received 1-3 years after sampling data, to allow for processing and publication. | Currentness: Plankton survey data is generally receive 1-3 years after sampling.
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NMFS Office of Science and Technology
301-427-8100
1315 East West Highway
Silver Spring
MD
20910
http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/
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NMFS Office of Science and Technology Website
Website listed for NMFS Office of Science and Technology
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0700 - 1800 EST/EDT
distributor
https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod/about/tools-n-explorers.html
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https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod/about/tools-n-explorers.html
COPEPOD Tools and Explorers
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https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod/about/databases.html
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Representativeness
Each COPEPOD data piece (data from a cruise, a project, an institution) was created using its own sampling methods (gear, technique) and sample processing methods (e.g. microscope vs visual, counting everything vs. counting general groups). Accuracy/precision/applicability/QC varies for each data piece.
Accuracy
Each COPEPOD data piece (data from a cruise, a project, an institution) was created using its own sampling methods (gear, technique) and sample processing methods (e.g. microscope vs visual, counting everything vs. counting general groups). Accuracy/precision/applicability/QC varies for each data piece.
Analytical Accuracy
Each COPEPOD data piece (data from a cruise, a project, an institution) was created using its own sampling methods (gear, technique) and sample processing methods (e.g. microscope vs visual, counting everything vs. counting general groups). Accuracy/precision/applicability/QC varies for each data piece.
Quantitation Limits
Each COPEPOD data piece (data from a cruise, a project, an institution) was created using its own sampling methods (gear, technique) and sample processing methods (e.g. microscope vs visual, counting everything vs. counting general groups). Accuracy/precision/applicability/QC varies for each data piece.
Bias
Each COPEPOD data piece (data from a cruise, a project, an institution) was created using its own sampling methods (gear, technique) and sample processing methods (e.g. microscope vs visual, counting everything vs. counting general groups). Accuracy/precision/applicability/QC varies for each data piece.
Comparability
Data are not necessarily inter-comparable as each plankton data set has its own method and often gear type used for the collection process.
Completeness Measure
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Precision
Each COPEPOD data piece (data from a cruise, a project, an institution) was created using its own sampling methods (gear, technique) and sample processing methods (e.g. microscope vs visual, counting everything vs. counting general groups). Accuracy/precision/applicability/QC varies for each data piece.
Analytical Precision
Each COPEPOD data piece (data from a cruise, a project, an institution) was created using its own sampling methods (gear, technique) and sample processing methods (e.g. microscope vs visual, counting everything vs. counting general groups). Accuracy/precision/applicability/QC varies for each data piece.
Field Precision
Each COPEPOD data piece (data from a cruise, a project, an institution) was created using its own sampling methods (gear, technique) and sample processing methods (e.g. microscope vs visual, counting everything vs. counting general groups). Accuracy/precision/applicability/QC varies for each data piece.
Sensitivity
Each COPEPOD data piece (data from a cruise, a project, an institution) was created using its own sampling methods (gear, technique) and sample processing methods (e.g. microscope vs visual, counting everything vs. counting general groups). Accuracy/precision/applicability/QC varies for each data piece.
Detection Limit
Each COPEPOD data piece (data from a cruise, a project, an institution) was created using its own sampling methods (gear, technique) and sample processing methods (e.g. microscope vs visual, counting everything vs. counting general groups). Accuracy/precision/applicability/QC varies for each data piece.
Completeness Report
Each COPEPOD data piece (data from a cruise, a project, an institution) was created using its own sampling methods (gear, technique) and sample processing methods (e.g. microscope vs visual, counting everything vs. counting general groups). Accuracy/precision/applicability/QC varies for each data piece.
Conceptual Consistency
Each COPEPOD data piece (data from a cruise, a project, an institution) was created using its own sampling methods (gear, technique) and sample processing methods (e.g. microscope vs visual, counting everything vs. counting general groups). Accuracy/precision/applicability/QC varies for each data piece.
The data in COPEPOD come from a wide variety of historical and ongoing plankton cruises and projects. Each data sub-piece within COPEPOD contains a brief summary of that data piece's source and history.
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Access Constraints: Data is publicly available, online. | Use Constraints: Data is publicly available, online.