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Nella Dan: FIBEX Cruise - Oceanographic and nutrient data

Created 17/11/2025

Updated 17/11/2025

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This dataset contains CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) and nutrient (nitrate, phosphate, silicate) data obtained from the First International BIOMASS Experiment (FIBEX) cruise of the Nella Dan, during Jan - Mar 1981. The cruise is the first in a series of six, providing a long term field survey studying krill and other zooplankton. 52 CTD casts were taken in the Prydz Bay region, and nutrient data were collected at 14 out of the 52 CTD stations. Casts were made to 2000 m or to near bottom if shallower. The oceanographic sampling was done as a supplement to the krill research program and the nutrient sampling to help interpret phytoplankton distribution and abundance, so sampling location and depth were not necessarily selected according to oceanographic or nutrient related considerations.

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Title Nella Dan: FIBEX Cruise - Oceanographic and nutrient data
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/27058d6c-38bc-406b-9494-73c087fe972b
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 20/01/1981 - 13/03/1981
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Nella Dan: FIBEX Cruise - Oceanographic and nutrient data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/nella-dan-fibex-cruise-oceanographic-and-nutrient-data1