Continuous Plankton Recorder survey data from the North Sea is used to test causal links between zooplankton abundance and the North Atlantic Oscillation. The project examines long-term trends in resident taxa and those dependent on advective input. The dataset is hosted by NASA EarthData and originates from the organization SCIOPS.
Use Cases
- Test hypotheses on wind-driven changes in primary production affecting zooplankton based on climate indices.
- Analyze long-term trends in abundance of resident zooplankton taxa based on time-series survey data.
- Model the impact of advective currents on zooplankton occurrence based on transport hypotheses.
- Correlate zooplankton abundance with the North Atlantic Oscillation index based on established geospatial statistical techniques.
Strengths
- Focuses on Calanus copepods, a major food item for fish around the British Isles.
- Explicitly tests two causal hypotheses linking climate oscillation to biological processes.
- Uses established geospatial statistical techniques for analysis.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- SCIOPS
- Collection Method
- Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey data.
- Geography
- North Sea, British Isles