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The Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks (BIOMASS) Data Set
The Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks (BIOMASS) Data Set has been created as part of the BIOMASS Programme directed towards deeper understanding of the ecology of the Southern Ocean, with emphasis on krill (Euphausia superba).
Data were collected during 34 cruises through a collaboration by 12 countries during three field experiments. These were: the First International BIOMASS Experiment (FIBEX) from November 1980 to April 1981, the Second International BIOMASS Experiment (SIBEX), Part 1 from October 1983 to May 1984 and Part 2 from November 1984 to April 1985.
Data were collected on krill distribution from acoustic surveys and krill population structure from net-hauls. Supporting data from ichthyoplankton net-hauls, oceanographic stations (temperature, salinity, nutrients and chlorophyll-a) and observations of sea-birds at sea were also collected.
The BIOMASS Data Set is composed of 43 data files, extracted from the BIOMASS Oracle relational database created by the BIOMASS Data Centre that collated and standardised the data. The validation and correction of the data were carried out during data analysis workshops by the BIOMASS Programme scientists who collected the data. The majority of the BIOMASS data have been utilized during BIOMASS workshops. However, some have not been used and must be regarded as unvalidated. The documentation accompanying the BIOMASS data set lists the known problems and validation status of the data.
Funding: The BIOMASS Data Set has been generated by the BIOMASS Data Centre funded by the British Antarctic Survey.
Main sponsors of the BIOMASS Programme were the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) in collaboration with the International Association for Biological Oceanography and the Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2020-09-18
- Date (Revision)
- 2020-09-18
- Date (Publication)
- 2020-09-18
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- 2020-09-18
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1.0
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- https://doi.org/10.5285/7eeb86a3-9d35-4d61-b555-cc005b72eef5
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- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01378
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Please cite this item as: Thorley, M., & Trathan, P. (2020). The Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks (BIOMASS) Data Set (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/7eeb86a3-9d35-4d61-b555-cc005b72eef5
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No credit.
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Antarctic Survey Thorley, Mark Author British Antarctic Survey Trathan, Philip Author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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- As needed
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- Completed
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Antarctic
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Euphausia superba
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Southern Ocean
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ecosystem
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krill
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Indian and Pacific sector Southern Ocean
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South Atlantic Ocean
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Bransfield Strait and Prydz Bay Antarctica
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- Open Government Licence v3.0
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This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/
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This data is governed by the NERC data policy and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3
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- Biota
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- Begin date
- 1980-11-01
- End date
- 1981-04-30
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It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
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European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-11-12
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role European Petroleum Survey Group
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- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
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6.18.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Distributor
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Methodology:
Please see the BIOMASS Data Set Documentation for full description.
Data collection:
Please see the BIOMASS Data Set Documentation for full description.
Data quality:
Please see the BIOMASS Data Set Documentation for details.
Metadata
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- 7eeb86a3-9d35-4d61-b555-cc005b72eef5 XML
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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