5743d24c-ad1d-48ac-a7fe-94cdd64e7fcb urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2026-04-10T22:20:40 creation ISO 19115 2016 IMOS - AusCPR: Phytoplankton Colour Index (PCI) 5743d24c-ad1d-48ac-a7fe-94cdd64e7fcb The Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder (AusCPR) survey is a joint project of CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) and the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) to measure plankton communities as a guide to the health of Australia's oceans. The phytoplankton colour index data are analysed as per Richardson et al 2006. It is advised that anyone using the data should first read this methodology or contact the project contact person. 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 Servicing and maintenance of the CPRs and analysis of the samples for the AusCPR survey will be carried out by staff based at the CMAR laboratories in Queensland and at the AAD in Hobart. The project was funded by the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) and falls with the Ships of Opportunity facility. Data storage and access is planned to be interoperable with other national and international programs through the IMOS Infrastructure. Results from the AusCPR survey are available through the AODN portal: https://portal.aodn.org.au. This data is freely available but please acknowlegment all relevant parties, as detailed in acknowledgement section. Additional information for this dataset may be available via the original MarLIN metadata entry: https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/e210cb45-910a-79c2-e043-08114f8c7800 <strong>This dataset has been superseded by the "IMOS - Phytoplankton Abundance and Biovolume (CPR)" collection that is available at https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8e594cd1-363a-4b58-b741-9fa3624adb77 (this collection was removed from the AODN Portal in March 2022).</strong> Countries | Australia Countries | New Zealand Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Microbiota Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature Oceans | Salinity/Density | Salinity Regional Seas | Arafura Sea Regional Seas | Coral Sea Regional Seas | Tasman Sea Regional Seas | Timor Sea States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales States, Territories (Australia) | Northern Territory States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania States, Territories (Australia) | Victoria States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder (AusCPR) Project - Home Page documentDigital Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder (AusCPR) Project - Home Page HTML Link to SOOP Continuous Plankton Recorder (AusCPR) Sub-Facility metadata record documentDigital Link to Continuous Plankton Recorder (AusCPR) Sub-Facility metadata record HTML Website of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) documentDigital HTML Contact Web Address. documentDigital Contact Web Address. audio/basic Unnamed resource documentDigital License Graphic PNG Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML