North Sea Inshore Plankton Survey Data from RV Corella, July 1973

Station data from a July 1973 plankton survey of the English east coast, conducted from the RV Corella. The dataset records fish eggs and larvae collected using a 20-inch unenclosed High Speed Plankton Sampler. Analysis results, consisting of plankton identification counts, are available only as paper records.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical spatial distribution of fish eggs and larvae based on station data.
• Studying plankton community composition for a specific time period in the North Sea.
• Establishing baseline ecological data for comparison with modern marine surveys.

Strengths

• Data collection method is explicitly documented as a 20-inch High Speed Plankton Sampler.
• Survey vessel (RV Corella) and survey month (July 1973) are specified.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The core analysis results (plankton counts) are only available as paper records, not in a digital format.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Inshore plankton survey using a High Speed Plankton Sampler.

Time Range

July 1973

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

English east coast, North Sea