Entry_ID: (required) Entry_Title: Zooplankton, NE Chukchi Sea, 2008-2012 Group: Data_Set_Citation Originator(s): Dr. Russell Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks Title: Zooplankton, NE Chukchi Sea, 2008-2012 Publication_Date: 201403 Edition: 3 Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data URL: pacmars.eol.ucar.edu URL: www.chukchiscience.org End_Group Keyword: environment Keyword: oceans Group: Temporal_Coverage Start_date: 2008 Stop_date: 2012 End_Group Data_Set_Progress: Complete Group: Spatial_Coverage Southernmost_Latitude: 70.019111 Northernmost_Latitude: 72.608867 Westernmost_Longitude: -167.566300 Easternmost_Longitude: -159.550300 End_Group Location: Arctic Location: Arctic Ocean Location: Chukchi Sea Group: Data_Resolution End_Group Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: User shall not employ selective use of this data; data must be used in its entirety. User must comprehend all information contained within the metadata, especially as it pertains to data quality and spatial coverage of data. User must ensure that the most recent version of data and metadata are used. User must contact data originator of biological data before using such data in a publication. Acknowledgment of data originator and all points of contact listed for data would be appreciated. Originating_Center: (required) Group: Data_Center Data_Center_Name: National Center for Atmospheric Research Group: Data_Center_Contact Last_name: Laboratory First_name: Earth Middle_name: Observing Email: codiac@ucar.edu Email: stott@ucar.edu Phone: 303-497-8154 Group: Address 3450 Mitchell Lane Boulder, CO 80301 USA End_Group End_Group End_Group Storage_Medium: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.2 (Build 3790) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000 Group: Reference End_Group Group: Summary The objectives of the Chukchi Sea Environmental Baseline Studies Program are: 1. To provide data for pre-exploration and development-related activities 2. To provide data for permit applications 3. To provide input to planning of future operations and associated mitigation 4. To provide additional baseline data that can be used to assess and measure the potential environmental effects of offshore oil and gas exploration and development in the northeastern Chukchi Sea This data set was collected as part of the Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program (CSESP), a multi-year, interdisciplinary ecological study focused on areas in outer continental shelf oil and gas leases in the northeastern Chukchi Sea. In 2008 when the program began, two 30 x 30 nautical mile study area boxes were developed around areas of interest to ConocoPhillips and Shell. The ConocoPhillips study area (named Klondike), and the Shell study area (named Burger) became the focus of data collection. Data were collected from these two study areas again in 2009. Then, in 2010, Statoil joined the program, and a third study area, Statoil, was created and sampled as well as Klondike and Burger. In 2011 and 2012, the scope of the study area was expanded to include the Hanna Shoal Regional Study Area. (null) The CSESP interdisciplinary studies include acoustic monitoring, baseline chemistry, benthic ecology, chemical oceanography, fisheries ecology, marine mammal ecology, physical oceanography, plankton ecology and nutrients, and seabird ecology. (null) This data set contains zooplankton data gathered in the northeastern Chukchi Sea during the 2008-2012 open water season. Zooplankton data parameters include the cruise ID, the station the sample was collected from, the local date and time of sample collection, the gear used to collect the sample, the depth of the water where the sample was collected, latitude and longitude of the location the sample was collected, zooplankton density, the scientific name and life stage of the zooplankton, the biomass of the species, the title of the report the data set supports, the name of the contractor who recorded and analyzed the data, and any additional notes concerning the record. Edtion 3 Updates (March 2014): Incorporated PI edits, added keywords, deleted attribute DENSITY_M3 and added attribute ABUNDANCE_M3. Additional Disclaimer of Liability added. (null) Edition 2 Updates: Appended 2011 data, updated metadata to include details about 2011 season, geographic projection updated from NAD83 to WGS84. (null) To download annual report listed under REPORT field in table, please see www.chukchiscience.org. End_Group Group: DIF_Author Last_name: N/A First_name: N/A Group: Address End_Group End_Group DIF_Revision_Date: 20140328 Science_Review_Date: