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Monitoring

Marine Scotland Science (MSS) undertakes a wide range of monitoring covering many aspects of the Scottish marine ecosystem.

Monitoring is undertaken in Scottish Inshore Waters, using networks of volunteers and automatic recording equipment, as well as in Scottish Offshore Waters, using the MSS research vessels MRV Alba na Mara and MRV Scotia.

Marine Scotland Science also participates national monitoring programmes, such as:

  • UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (UKMMAS)
  • UK Marine Environmental Change Network (MECN)
  • UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN)

This group provides published data from monitoring these activities. For many activities, there are national or international standards for how the monitoring is undertaken.

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UK Open Government Licence (OGL)

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Zooplankton Traits Database

This zooplankton trait database consists of data entries from Marine Directorate (previously organisational names: Marine Scotland Science, Fisheries Research Service) projects in the North Sea and North Atlantic, as well as data collected from cited literature sources. The data records were collected between 1960 and early 2000s.

doi: 
https://doi.org/10.7489/12495-1
Citation: 
Scottish Government, Marine Directorate. 2024. Zooplankton Traits Database. doi: 10.7489/12495-1

Data and Resources

zooplankton
Zooplankton and zoobenthos morphological parameters
FieldValue
Publisher
Monitoring
Modified
2024-04-09
Release Date
2024-04-09
Identifier
11895470-361c-4edb-8e02-8a5dc45d60d5
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
North Atlantic Ocean
Temporal Coverage
1960-01-01
Language
English (United Kingdom)
License
UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Data Dictionary

Various investigators have contributed to the compilation of this work. The work to compile the data of this database started during the Marine Productivity project originated by Principal Investigator: Dr AG Hirst, Fisheries Research Services Marine Laboratory, FRS Marine Laboratory; Co-Investigator: Dr RP Harris, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth Marine Lab, and Co-Investigator: Mr S J Hay, Marine Scotland. NERC Reference: NER/T/S/2001/00692. The data has been most recently curated by Dafne Eerkes-Medrano; please get in touch if you have questions or comments.
Contact Name
Marine Directorate
Contact Email
marinedirectorate@gov.scot
Public Access Level
Public