CalCOFI IEH Data

Currently, two to three week cruises are conducted quarterly. Scripps and NOAA provide equally in terms of ship time, personnel, and other cruise-related costs. On each cruise a grid of 66 stations off Southern California is occupied.

At each station a whole suite of physical and chemical measurements are made to characterize the environment and map the distribution and abundance of phytoplankton, zooplankton and fish eggs and larvae. Data available are: 1) meteorological observations 2) temperature, salinity, oxygen 3) water masses and currents 4) nutrients 5) primary production 6) phyto- and zooplankton biomass 7) phyto- and zooplankton biodiversity 8) distribution and abundance of fish eggs & larvae, marine birds and mammals Data link: "calcofi.org/data/data.html" This information is from the "calcofi.org/whatiscalcofi.html" web site.