Zooplankton Database

Learn about the database, information included, intended audience and how to contact us.

On this page

• Database information
• Entering data
• Database audience
• Contact us

Database information

The Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Region zooplankton database is a Microsoft Access application for zooplankton and related data:

• entry
• storage
• retrieval

The zooplankton database holds about 350,000 detailed species records from about 9,500 oceanographic sampling stations.

Zooplankton tow data includes:

• most of the northeast Pacific Ocean from 42 to 65 degrees north and from 120 to 180 degrees west
• additional holdings of data collected both in the Arctic and Antarctic regions

The zooplankton database includes:

• Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC)
• Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS)
• COPRA
• zooplankton-related projects starting in the 1980s to present, with data including:
  • date
  • mission
  • positions
  • net types
• station detail data, such as:
  • genus
  • species
  • sub-species
  • length
  • weight
  • split fractions

Entering data

Data entry uses user-friendly forms with lookup tables for various information. You may enter the station header information during a research mission using any computer with Access XP, and later upload it to the master database. Enter the station detail after analysis on any computer with Access XP and a network connection.

The database is constructed for a multiple-user environment.

Database audience

The zooplankton database is available for use by:

• private research groups
• university research facilities
• other government institutions

Contact us

Contact us for more information or to request a copy of the database manual.

Email: Moira.Galbraith@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Phone: 250-363-6692 
Fax: 250-363-6690
Mail:

Moira Galbraith
Zooplankton taxonomist
Institute of Ocean Sciences
PO Box 6000
9860 West Saanich Rd
Sidney BC  V8L 4B2