Lower Cook Inlet zooplankton data collected via net casts from NOAA Ship DISCOVERER between April 6 and 13, 1976. The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) gathered the data as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP). The dataset likely contains taxonomic or abundance measurements from the specified region.
Use Cases
- Analyze zooplankton community composition based on taxonomic data likely present.
- Assess baseline marine ecosystem conditions for environmental impact studies.
- Model historical zooplankton distribution patterns in Cook Inlet.
- Support research on the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) findings.
Strengths
- Data collection is attributed to a specific NOAA laboratory (PMEL).
- The temporal coverage is precisely defined as April 6-13, 1976.
- The geographic scope is clearly stated as the lower Cook Inlet.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 1976-04-13 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Net casts from NOAA Ship DISCOVERER.
- Time Range
- 1976-04-06 to 1976-04-13
- Geography
- Lower Cook Inlet