Bering Sea Plankton Data Collected via Zooplankton Net, April-May 1977

NOAA_NCEI Accession 7800407 contains plankton and other data collected from the Bering Sea using a zooplankton net. The data were gathered from NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN between April 16 and May 15, 1977, by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Collection was supported by the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP).

Use Cases

• Analyze plankton community composition and abundance in the Bering Sea based on zooplankton net sampling.
• Study seasonal biological patterns in a subarctic marine ecosystem based on the April-May 1977 timeframe.
• Assess baseline environmental conditions for continental shelf studies based on the OCSEAP project context.
• Model historical marine food web structures based on plankton data collected from a specific vessel and region.

Strengths

• Data collection is associated with a specific, documented research program (OCSEAP).
• Collection details are precise, including vessel (NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN), instrument (zooplankton net), and exact date range (1977-04 16 to 1977-05-15).
• Geographic scope is clearly defined as the Bering Sea.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 1977-05-15 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected using zooplankton net from NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN.

Time Range

1977-04-16 to 1977-05-15

Freshness

1977-05-15 00:00:00

Geography

Bering Sea