Zooplankton biomass data, including displacement and settled volume measurements, were collected aboard the R/V Eltanin during the U.S. Antarctic Research Program. Sampling occurred from April 5, 1963 to March 12, 1967 in support of Antarctic research. The dataset is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical zooplankton biomass trends based on displacement volume measurements
- Model Antarctic marine ecosystem changes based on multi-year sampling
- Correlate zooplankton abundance with environmental factors based on the time-series nature of the data
Strengths
- Data spans a multi-year period from 1963 to 1967
- Includes specific biomass metrics like displacement volume and settled volume
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Last updated 1967-03-12 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Sampled from net tows aboard the R/V Eltanin
- Time Range
- 1963-1967
- Geography
- Antarctic