historyofthecprdatabase.pptVIP

History of the Continuous Plankton Recorder Database D. Stevens and P.C. Reid Introduction Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey The development of the CPR database Recent and future development The CPR Survey Monitor the near-surface plankton of the North Atlantic and North Sea on a monthly basis Year to year changes in abundance Seasonal cycles of species Geographical distributions Effects of fisheries and climate change CPR routes map 1948-2001 How data are collected The CPR is a plankton sampling instrument designed to be towed from merchant ships on their normal sailings Alister Hardy u