Seasonal Zooplankton Climatologies of the British Columbia Exclusive Economic Zone (1990-2019)

Description:

Seasonal climatologies for Zooplankton biomass in seven size categories were calculated for the period 1990-2019. The data used were a subset of the Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences Zooplankton Database. This dataset is incomplete and is regularly updated as analysis takes place.

Methods:

Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis (DIVA) was used for spatial. Seasonal averages were computed as the mean of yearly seasonal means. Spring months were defined as April to June, summer months were defined as July to September, fall months were defined as October to December, and winter months were defined as January to March. The data available here contain raster layers of seasonal Zooplankton climatology for the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), with high spatial resolution of 1/300 degree.

Uncertainties:

Uncertainties are introduced when observational data are spatially interpolated to varying distances from the observation point. Climatological averages are calculated from these interpolated values. Caution should be used for data in inlets and nearshore as the interpolation does not perform well in these areas, data in some inlets have been masked.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2024-09-04
Date ( RI_366 )
2024-07-29
RI_415
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Ecosystems and Ocean Science/Pacific Science/Ocean Science Division - Akash Sastri ( Research Scientist )
Institute of Ocean Sciences, 9860 West Saanich Road , Sidney , British Columbia , V8L 4B2 , Canada
250-363-6321
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Climatology
  • zooplankton
  • Oceans
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • British Columbia
  • Exclusive Economic Zone
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Oceans
Classification
unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Oceans
  • Environment
Begin date
1990-01-01
End date
2019-12-31
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Reference system identifier
https://epsg.io / EPSG:4326 /
Distribution format
  • TIFF ( 10.6.1 )

  • PDF ( Unknown )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Ecosystems and Ocean Science/Pacific Science/Ocean Science Division - Lu Guan ( Data Product Manager )
Institute of Ocean Sciences, 9860 West Saanich Road , Sidney , British Columbia , V8L 4B2 , Canada
250-363-6394
OnLine resource
British Columbia EEZ— Zooplankton climatology – fall ( HTTPS )

Dataset;TIFF;eng

OnLine resource
British Columbia EEZ— Zooplankton climatology – spring ( HTTPS )

Dataset;TIFF;eng

OnLine resource
British Columbia EEZ— Zooplankton climatology – summer ( HTTPS )

Dataset;TIFF;eng

OnLine resource
British Columbia EEZ— Zooplankton climatology – winter ( HTTPS )

Dataset;TIFF;eng

OnLine resource
References ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Data Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Seasonal Zooplankton Climatologies -BCEEZ-1990-2019 ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Seasonal Zooplankton climatologies -BCEEZ-1990-2019 ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

File identifier
9920e910-fce3-410c-a642-67b050186a64 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2024-09-04T17:36:21.538Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Ecosystems and Ocean Science/Pacific Science/Ocean Science Division - Lu Guan ( Data Product Manager )
Institute of Ocean Sciences, 9860 West Saanich Road , Sidney , British Columbia , V8L 4B2 , Canada
250-363-6394
 
 

Overviews

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Zooplankton

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