Continuous Plankton Recorder Data, Phytoplankton Data Set; N Pacific CPR sampling 2009; Batten, S.

The data consist of abundances of phytoplankton taxa retained by the Continuous Plankton Recorder which
collected plankton samples as it was towed behind a merchant ship on a great circle transect from Vancouver, Canada
to Japan. Several transects were occupied during 2009 and these data should be appended to data collected 2002-2008.
2009 data are also from a transect from Juan de Fuca Strait to Cook Inlet. The samples each represent 18.5km of tow
and have been processed according to routine CPR protocols as directed by the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean
Science (SAHFOS) which operates and maintains the CPR survey. The midpoint of each sample is allocated a position and
time based on information on deployment and recovery times from the ship's log. These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.