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Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey - AusCPR

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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This dataset contains data collected by the Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder (AusCPR) survey and is funded by IMOS (Ships of Opportunity sub-facility) and CSIRO. The aims of the AusCPR survey are to: * map plankton biodiversity and distribution * develop the first long-term plankton baseline for Australian waters * document plankton changes in response to climate change * provide indices for fisheries management * detect harmful algal blooms * validate satellite remote sensing * initialise and test ecosystem models. The survey conducts repeat tows in the GBR, the East Australian Current and down to the Southern Ocean Time Series Mooring (SOTS). Other routes are conducted on an adhoc nature around Australia. The dataset also contains phytoplankton data from the UTAS / AAD led Southern Ocean CPR (SOCPR) project which is also funded by IMOS. The datasets available in this collection include Phytoplankton Colour Index (an estimate of chlorophyll in the water), phytoplankton abundance, zooplankton abundance and a biomass index from AusCPR and phytoplankton abundance from SOCPR. This data are freely available through the AODN portal: https://portal.aodn.org.au. This data is freely available but please acknowledge all relevant parties, as detailed in acknowledgement section.

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Field Value
Title Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey - AusCPR
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/1c7bc6dd-caaf-48d5-8a78-da0d5be7e154
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Claire.Davies@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/06/2009
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey - AusCPR". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/australian-continuous-plankton-recorder-survey-auscpr