Pacific CPR Research

Publications using Pacific CPR data are varied in their subject matter:

  • Batten, S.D. (in press) Continuous Plankton Recorders in the North Pacific Ocean, McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 2011.
  • Hamme, R.C., Webley, P.W., Crawford, W.R., Whitney, F.A., DeGrandpre, M.D., Emerson, S.R., Eriksen, C.C., Giesbrecht, K.E., Gower, J.F.R., Kavanaugh, M.T., Peña, M.A., Sabine, C.L., Batten, S.D., Coogan, L.A., Grundle, D.S. and Lockwood, D., 2010. Volcanic ash fuels anomalous plankton bloom in subarctic northeast Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 37: L19604.
  • Batten, S., Chen, X., Flint, E.N., Freeland, H.J., Holmes, J., Howell, E., Ichii, T., Kaeriyama, M., Landry, M., Lunsford, C., Mackas, D.L., Mate, B., Matsuda, K., McKinnell, S.M., Miller, L., Morgan, K., Pen, A., Polovina, J.J., Robert, M., Seki, M.P., Sydeman, W.J., Thompson, S.A., Whitney, F.A., Woodworth, P. and Yamaguchi, A., 2010. Status and trends of the North Pacific oceanic region 2003-2008. In: S.M. McKinnell and M.J. Dagg (Editors), Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, 2003-2008. PICES Special Publication 4.
  • Batten, S.D. and Burkill, P.H., 2010. The Continuous Plankton Recorder: towards a global perspective. Journal of Plankton Research, 32: 1619-1621.
  • Batten, S.D. and Burkill, P.H., 2010. The Continuous Plankton Recorder: towards a global perspective. Journal of Plankton Research, 32: 1619-1621.
  • Batten, S.D., and Mackas, D.L. (2009) 'Shortened duration of the annual Neocalanus plumchrus biomass peak in the Northeast Pacific'. Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Lindley, J.A., and Batten, S.D. (2008) Distribution and seasonal cycles of decapod crustacean larvae in Continuous Plankton Records from the North Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Vol. 88 (03) 443-451.
  • Mackas, D.L., Batten, S.D., and Trudel, M., (2007) Effects on zooplankton of a warming ocean: recent evidence from the Northeast Pacific. Progress in Oceanography, 75, 223-252
  • Batten, S.D. and Freeland, H.J. (2007). Plankton populations at the bifurcation of the North Pacific Current. Fisheries Oceanography, 16, 536-646.
  • Kirby, R.R., Lindley, J.A., and Batten, S.D. (2007). Spatial heterogeneity and genetic variation in the copepod Neocalanus cristatus along two transects in the North Pacific sampled by the Continuous Plankton Recorder. Journal of Plankton Research, 29, 97-106
  • Batten, S.D., Hyrenbach, K.D., Sydeman, W.J., Morgan, K.H., Henry, M.F., Yen, P.Y. and Welch, D.W. (2006). Characterising Meso-Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific. Deep Sea Research II. 53, 270-290.
  • Batten, S.D and Crawford, W.R. (2005). The influence of coastal origin eddies on oceanic plankton distributions in the eastern Gulf of Alaska. Deep Sea Research II, 52, 991-1009.
  • Lindley, J.A., Batten, S.D., Coyle, K.O and Pinchuk, A.I. (2004). Regular occurrence of Thysanoessa inspinata (Crustacea: Euphausiacea) in the Gulf of Alaska. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 84, 1033-1037.
  • Batten, S.D. and Welch, D.W. (2004). Changes in oceanic zooplankton populations in the North-east Pacific associated with the possible climatic regime shift of 1998/1999. Deep Sea Research II, 51, 863-873.
  • Batten, S.D., Welch, D.W., and Jonas, T. (2003). Latitudinal differences in the duration of development of Neocalanus plumchrus copepodites. Fisheries Oceanography, 12 (3), 201-208.

Feedback, comments and suggestions would be most welcome and should be directed to Sonia Batten (Pacific Project Coordinator) at soba[at]sahfos.ac.uk

The data are freely available and requests should be sent to Sonia Batten at soba[at]sahfos.ac.uk or Darren Stevens at dpst[at]sahfos.ac.uk

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Annual Report 2003 is available to download.

MVC-001S
CPR towfish number 161 prior to launch from the port quarter of the stern mooring deck of the SKAUBRYN
MVC-004S

CPR 161 suspended from the davit prior to streaming in the sea at 15 knots

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CPR 161's second tow on recovery from the sea with the propeller fouled by a length of rope and a strand of kelp. This was on 27 June 2000 at 54°06'N, 152°11'W in the Gulf of Alaska