Zooplankton data collected via net casts in the Arabian Sea during 1995. The dataset was gathered by the University of Maryland's Horn Point Laboratory as part of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS). It provides a snapshot of marine plankton populations for a specific region and time period.
Use Cases
- Modeling marine ecosystem dynamics based on zooplankton abundance data
- Studying seasonal variations in plankton populations in the Arabian Sea
- Analyzing the role of zooplankton in ocean carbon flux for JGOFS research
- Calibrating plankton sampling methodologies against historical net cast data
Strengths
- Data collected over a defined 8.5-month period from January to September 1995
- Associated with a major oceanographic research program (Joint Global Ocean Flux Study)
- Spatially focused on a specific ocean region (Arabian Sea)
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Last updated 1995-09-15 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- University of Maryland; Horn Point Laboratory
- Collection Method
- Zooplankton net casts
- Time Range
- 1995-01-01 to 1995-09-15
- Geography
- Arabian Sea