The use of CPR data in fisheries research

• Published in: Progress in oceanography Vol. 58; no. 2-4; pp. 285 - 300
• Main Authors: Corten, A, Lindley, J.A
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier 01.08.2003
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Calanus finmarchicus; Clupea harengus; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gadus morhua; General aspects. Techniques; Marine; Methods and techniques (sampling, tagging, trapping, modelling...); Micromesistius poutassou; Scomber; Sea water ecosystems; Synecology; Trachichthyidae; Trachurus trachurus; North Atlantic; Celtic Sea; North Sea; Atlantic Ocean; ANE, North Sea; ANE, Celtic Sea; Population exploitation; Spawning; Fishing; Biological monitoring; Crustacea; Marine environment; Reproduction; Vertebrata; Fishery; Spatial distribution; Calanus finmarchicus; Arthropoda; Pisces; Overfishing; Copepoda; Invertebrata; Sampling; Zooplankton; Stock; Ecological abundance

The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey was initiated partly to contribute to our understanding of the variability of fish stocks and as a potential method for predicting fish distributions from the abundance and composition of the plankton. The latter objective has been superseded by technolo...