Hydrographic and biological time series data from the Western Channel Observatory (WCO) UK, from 1988 onwards, predominantly at stations L4 and E1

The data set comprises measurement of physical and biological oceanographic parameters from the Western English Channel, initially collected as part of the Plankton Monitoring Programme at Station L4 from 1988 onwards. L4 is one of a series of hydrographic stations in the Western English Channel which have also been the basis of a series of hydrographic surveys carried out during the 20th Century by scientists at the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth. In May 2002 sampling expanded to include Station E1, approximately 25 nautical miles south-west of Plymouth. Plankton Monitoring began through the work of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Zooplankton Group. Other stations include Rame head, Jennycliff, Plmouth Deep and Cawsand. A long-term time-series of weekly observations has been established by exploiting the activities of small boats (Sepia, Squilla and Plymouth Quest) in an opportunistic way as by-product of their other sampling activities, for example the collection of live plankton, sea-water, trawling for fish and squid. Initially no formal research programme or long-term funding for the Plankton Monitoring existed but the series was included in NERC Oceans 2025 funding as a Sustained Observatory and continues to be funded under NERC National Capability. Funding has been provided over different time periods under various names but the programme is commonly referred to as the Western Channel Observatory (WCO), with additional funding allowing additional data collection to take place, taking advantage of the core measurements. Although every attempt has been made to standardise methodology and achieve data consistency it is important to recognize that the varied personnel and research objectives that have contributed to this dataset may impact on the nature of the data set. The core datasets are made available through the westernchannelobservatory.org website. Data are also submitted to BODC where it is archived and published with a DOI at finer granules. At BODC further meta(data) checks take place and metadata are enriched and served through BODC systems with PML originators informed of any changes to data.

Alternate title: British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1053054

Date (Publication): 2017-10-03

Date (Creation): 2022-12-21

Date (Revision): 2022-12-21

Identifier: http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED732

Owner

Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )

Prospect Place , The Hoe , Plymouth , England , PL1 3DH , United Kingdom

+44 (0)1752 633 100
http://www.pml.ac.uk

Originator

Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )

Prospect Place , The Hoe , Plymouth , England , PL1 3DH , United Kingdom

+44 (0)1752 633 100
http://www.pml.ac.uk

Custodian

British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director

Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom

https://www.bodc.ac.uk/

Distributor

British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director

Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom

https://www.bodc.ac.uk/

Maintenance and update frequency: asNeeded As needed

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

MEDIN metadata record availability

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages

unknown

Access constraints: otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints: No limitations apply

Other constraints: Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence

Use constraints: otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints: Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence

Spatial representation type: Text, table

Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

Topic category

Environment
Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Biota
Oceans

Geographic identifier

English Channel

Date (Revision): 2024-12-11

Begin date: 1988-01-01

End date: 2025-03-14 After

Unique resource identifier: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Codespace: OGP

Distribution format

OnLine resource: Western Channel Observatory web site

OnLine resource: BODC online data delivery service
National Oceanographic Database data delivery service; pre-filtered for the data collection.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/3979e595-a2d2-4c93-a317-9e84858cfc7a
Fishwick J. (2012). CTD profiles (depth, pressure, temperature, salinity, potential temperature, density, fluorescence, transmissance, downwelling PAR, dissolved oxygen concentration) binned to 0.5 m and 0.25 m at sites L4 and E1 in the Western English Channel between January 2002 and December 2011. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/mp6.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/de04ea05-ea51-4191-e044-000b5de50f38
Tarran G. (2013). Abundance of phytoplankton, heterotrophic nanoflagellates and bacteria through the water column at time series station L4 in the Western English Channel, 2007-2012. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/ndn.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/aa8a7d00-8d7c-11e2-ab1c-1803734a77fb
Tait K. (2013). PML Benthic Survey microbial gene abundance data from four sites (Jennycliff, Cawsand, Rame and L4) in the Western English Channel surveyed bimonthly from July 2008 to May 2011. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/mqr.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/de41931f-54b8-73ba-e044-000b5de50f38
Kitidis V.; Hardman-Mountford N. (2013). Underway pCO2 - Western English Channel Observatory (2007-2009). British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/ndj.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/25f891f0-8d7a-11e2-941d-1803734a77fb
Fishwick J. (2013). CTD profiles (depth, pressure, temperature, salinity, potential temperature, density, fluorescence, transmissance, downwelling PAR, dissolved oxygen concentration) binned to 0.5 m and 0.25 m at sites L4 and E1 in the Western English Channel between January 2002 and December 2012. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/mp7.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/ad314fa1-7118-11e2-938c-1803734a77fb
Woodward E.M.S.; Harris C.; Al-Moosawi L. (2013). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2012. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/mqh.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/8c34ed9e-711f-11e2-95a8-1803734a77fb
McEvoy A. (2013). Calanus helgolandicus weekly egg production at site L4 (50 15'N, 4 13'W) in the Western English Channel from 1992 to 2012. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/mqf.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/075f8000-7114-11e2-907f-1803734a77fb
Woodward E.M.S.; Harris C.; Al-Moosawi L. (2013). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2012. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/mqn.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/de027cbd-c490-2d56-e044-000b5de50f38
Rees A.; Cummings D. (2013). PML Benthic Survey primary production and chlorophyll-a at 4 different study sites off Plymouth, South West England, between 2008 and 2011. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/ndm.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/de04ea05-ea55-4191-e044-000b5de50f38
Beesley A.; Woodward E.M.S. (2013). PML Benthic Survey sediment nutrient flux rates data from a benthic flux survey experiment at 4 different study sites off Plymouth, South West England, between 2008 and 2011. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/ndk.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/0ad59521-712e-11e2-824b-1803734a77fb
Dashfield S.; McNeill C.L. (2013). Plymouth Marine Laboratory Benthic Survey macrofauna abundance and biomass data set from four sites in the Western English Channel surveyed bimonthly from 2008 to 2010 containing the data from the samples analysed as at December 2012. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/mqc.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/ea6e6cee-8d7d-11e2-bbe0-1803734a77fb
Woodward E.M.S.; Beesley A. (2013). PML Benthic Survey nutrient concentration data from a benthic flux survey experiment at 4 different study sites of Plymouth, South West England, between 2008 and 2011. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/mqq.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/b3fe4c0f-8d7a-11e2-93c8-1803734a77fb
Frickers T.; Dashfield S. (2013). PML Benthic Survey redox measurements from four sites (Cawsand, L4, Rame and Jennycliff) in the Western English Channel surveyed bimonthly from January 2010 to May 2011. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/mqs.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/ed97f20f-8d7e-11e2-b183-1803734a77fb
Woodward E.M.S.; Harris C.; Tait K. (2013). PML Benthic Survey water column nutrient concentrations from 4 different benthic study sites off Plymouth, South West England, between 2008 and 2011. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/mqp.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/1ec0cae5-071d-16e1-e053-6c86abc07d47
Cummings D.; Dashfield S.; Nunes J.; Brown I.; Fishwick J.; Findlay H.S. (2015). Inorganic carbon and total alkalinity at the Western Channel Observatory from the L4 site from 2008 to 2014. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/7dj.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/156ca1c9-3c59-6c1a-e053-6c86abc04c33
Woodward E.M.S.; Harris C.; Al-Moosawi L. (2015). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2014. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/42d.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/15026a5a-ffbe-09df-e053-6c86abc007cb
Woodward E.M.S.; Harris C.; Al-Moosawi L. (2015). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2014. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/42f.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/116a5210-2d58-5ceb-e053-6c86abc0d420
Tarran G.A. (2015). Abundance of phytoplankton, heterotrophic nanoflagellates and bacteria through the water column at time series station L4 in the Western English Channel, 2007-2014. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/2wb.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/089dc5c5-1c47-37be-e053-6c86abc05e11
Airs R.; Cummings D.; Martinez-Vicente V.; Cook I.; de Menezes A.; Llewellyn C. (2014). Western Channel Observatory HPLC pigment measurements from CTD bottle samples from site E1 for 2002 to 2013. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/xcc.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/03167d6f-a9ce-2e1a-e053-6c86abc0753b
Fishwick J. (2014). CTD profiles (depth, pressure, temperature, salinity, potential temperature, density, fluorescence, transmissance, downwelling PAR, dissolved oxygen concentration) binned to 0.5 m and 0.25 m at sites L4 and E1 in the Western English Channel between January 2002 and December 2013. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/vrp.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/03167d6f-a9cd-2e1a-e053-6c86abc0753b
Dashfield S.; McNeill C.L. (2014). PML Benthic Survey macrofauna abundance and biomass data from five sites (Cawsand, L4, Rame, Eddystone and E1) and megafauna from one site (L4) in the Western English Channel surveyed between 2008 to 2013 containing data from samples analysed up to and including September 2013. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/vq6.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/fd200bb3-308e-7c0b-e043-6c86abc01ef5
Airs R.; Barnes M.; Cook I.; Cummings D.; Fishwick J.; Llewellyn C.; de Menezes A.; Martinez-Vicente V. (2014). Western Channel Observatory HPLC pigment measurements from CTD bottle samples from site L4 for 1999 to 2013. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/tk5.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/f1968a39-26c1-55fe-e044-000b5de50f38
Woodward E.M.S.; Harris C. (2014). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2013. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/rf6.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/f1968a39-26bf-55fe-e044-000b5de50f38
Woodward E.M.S.; Harris C. (2014). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2013. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/rf5.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/f014becf-d6d6-3bb9-e044-000b5de50f38
Tarran G.A. (2014). Abundance of phytoplankton, heterotrophic nanoflagellates and bacteria through the water column at time series station L4 in the Western English Channel, 2007-2013. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/rf8.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/1b0ebfb2-42ba-3c96-e053-6c86abc02677
Cummings D. (2016). Carbon, Hydrogen and Nitrogen (CHN) and fluorometric chlorophyll analysis from the Western Channel Observatory (WCO) at the L4 site, from 1992 to 2015. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/bhsn

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/42723b62-b6fb-2cb3-e053-6c86abc056ad
Woodward E.M.S.; Harris C.; Al-Moosawi L. (2016). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2015. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/bt7h.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/42723b62-b6fc-2cb3-e053-6c86abc056ad
Woodward E.M.S.; Harris C.; Al-Moosawi L. (2016). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2015. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/bt6b.

OnLine resource

Published dataset - doi:10.5285/27670ec3-27a0-66e8-e053-6c86abc08dbd

Tarran G.A. (2016). Abundance of phytoplankton, heterotrophic nanoflagellates and bacteria through the water column at time series station L4 in the Western English Channel, 2007-2015. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/bv6k.

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ShortDOI=10/bv6k.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/45412eb5-9dc2-373b-e053-6c86abc0951f
Fishwick J. (2017). CTD profiles (depth, pressure, temperature, salinity, potential temperature, density, fluorescence, transmissance, downwelling PAR, dissolved oxygen concentration) binned to 0.5 m and 0.25 m at sites L4 and E1 in the Western English Channel between January 2002 and December 2014. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/bwpr.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/47147f8f-44c6-207a-e053-6c86abc0dc21
Woodward E.M.S.; Harris C.; Al-Moosawi L. (2017). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2016. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/bzjf.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/50bb1181-960e-58b4-e053-6c86abc0e44f
Findlay H.S.; Cummings D.; Dashfield S.; Nunes J.; Brown I.; Fishwick J.; (2017). Inorganic carbon and total alkalinity at Western Channel Observatory station E1 (2010 - 2014). British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi: 10/b726

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/626f2fa6-1595-5de6-e053-6c86abc0645d
Tarran G.A. (2018). Plankton abundance measured by flow cytometry from long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2014 to 2016. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi: 10/ch57

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/6293f443-2670-59be-e053-6c86abc05dea
Tarran G.A. (2018). Abundance of phytoplankton, heterotrophic nanoflagellates and bacteria through the water column at time series station L4 in the Western English Channel, 2007-2016. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi: 10/ch74

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/54a76594-09a8-4acb-e053-6c86abc02dc5
Cummings D. (2018). Carbon, Hydrogen and Nitrogen (CHN) and fluorometric chlorophyll analysis from the Western Channel Observatory (WCO) at the L4 site, from 1992 to 2016. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/cmt9.

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/47147f8f-44c7-207a-e053-6c86abc0dc21
Woodward E.M.S.; Harris C.; Al-Moosawi L. (2017). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2016. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/bzjg

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/54820666-b5df-266e-e053-6c86abc02283
Fishwick J. (2018). CTD profiles (depth, pressure, temperature, salinity, potential temperature, density, fluorescence, transmissance, downwelling PAR, dissolved oxygen concentration) binned to 0.5 m and 0.25 m at sites L4 and E1 in the Western English Channel between January 2002 and December 2015. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/cm63

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/77294815-9c69-338b-e053-6c86abc070db
Dixon J., Hopkins F.E., Stephens J. (2018). DMS, DMSP and DMSO for Western Channel Observatory (WCO) from the L4 site (2 and 50m) from 2014. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi: 10/cvp3

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/77294815-9c6a-338b-e053-6c86abc070db
Dixon J., Hopkins F.E., Stephens J. (2018). DMS, DMSP and DMSO for Western Channel Observatory (WCO) from the L4 site (2 and 50m) from 2016. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi: 10/cvp4

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/7f7f661b-29c4-4a95-e053-6c86abc05200
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2019). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2017. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/c2rb

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/819dc50c-dc34-2031-e053-6c86abc0cd01
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2019). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2017. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/c2rc

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/908f84ec-d20c-7c88-e053-6c86abc08fda
Tarran G.A., May R. (2019). Abundance of phytoplankton, heterotrophic nanoflagellates and bacteria through the water column at time series station L4 in the Western English Channel, 2007-2017. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/c93x

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/90c6703c-08ad-155d-e053-6c86abc0b870
Tarran G.A., May R. (2019). Plankton abundance measured by flow cytometry from the long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2014 to 2017. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/c93z

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/99e479eb-68a0-409a-e053-6c86abc05313
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2019). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2018. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/dg96

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/99e479eb-68a1-409a-e053-6c86abc05313
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2019). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2018. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/dg97

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/b83fe065-8374-7924-e053-6c86abc01d7c
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2021). Micromolar nutrient concentration profiles from CTD Niskin bottles sampled at the long term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2019. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/fqgq

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/b83fe065-8375-7924-e053-6c86abc01d7c
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2021). Micromolar nutrient concentration profiles from the long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2019. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/fqgs

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/b6c08649-22af-3468-e053-6c86abc0c980
McEvoy A., Beesley A., Atkinson A. (2021). Zooplankton abundance time series from net hauls at site L4 off Plymouth, UK between 1988-2019. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/fqkg

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/bc3cf5ce-d18c-1f42-e053-6c86abc02e29
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2021). Micromolar Nutrient concentration profiles from the long term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2020. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/fxz8

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/bc3cf5ce-d18d-1f42-e053-6c86abc02e29
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2021). Micromolar Nutrient concentration profiles from the long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2020. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/fx2d

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/c9386b5c-b459-782f-e053-6c86abc0d129
Widdicombe C.E., Harbour D. (2021). Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance and biomass time-series at Plymouth Station L4 in the Western English Channel, 1992-2020. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC. doi: 10/grks

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/caeb879f-776a-2757-e053-6c86abc0efbb
Somerfield P., Gilbert J.A., Tait K. (2021). 16S rRNA gene V6 sequence data from station L4 in the Western English Channel, 2003 - 2008. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC. doi: 10/gthg

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/caeb879f-776f-2757-e053-6c86abc0efbb
McEvoy A., Beesley A., Atkinson A. (2021). Zooplankton abundance time series from net hauls at site L4 off Plymouth, UK between 1988-2020. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC. doi: 10/gzh6

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/d61b955c-93b2-681f-e053-6c86abc0378e
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2022). Micromolar Nutrient concentration profiles from the long-term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2021. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10/hd4w

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/d6a5a863-a435-28a9-e053-6c86abc0b1f4
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2022). Micromolar Nutrient concentration profiles from the long-term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2021. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10/hfh9

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/d7fb6ce3-7bc9-307b-e053-6c86abc0671b
McEvoy A., Beesley A., Atkinson A. (2022). Subset of zooplankton abundance and biomass time series from net hauls at site L4 off Plymouth, UK between 1988-2020. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10/hg5b

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/d9f44202-b0d4-646c-e053-6c86abc018c6
Mesher T., McNeill C.L. (2022). Benthic Survey Macrofauna Abundance and Biomass Data, as part of the Western Channel Observatory, UK, between 2008 and 2019. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10/hn9z

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/e28496a4-0c72-0e7a-e053-6c86abc0d7c7
McEvoy A., Beesley A., Atkinson A. (2022). Calanus helgolandicus weekly egg production time series between 1992-2021, using females from the Western English Channel site L4. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/e28496a4-0c72-0e7a-e053-6c86abc0d7c7

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/e785f2f7-05d5-2f47-e053-6c86abc08bee
McEvoy A., Atkinson A., Beesley A. (2022). Zooplankton abundance time series from net hauls at site L4 off Plymouth, UK between 1988-2021. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/e785f2f7-05d5-2f47-e053-6c86abc08bee

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/062bf324-63b9-464a-e063-6c86abc07749
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2023). Micromolar Nutrient concentration profiles from the long-term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2022. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/062bf324-63b9-464a-e063-6c86abc07749

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/062bf324-63ba-464a-e063-6c86abc07749
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2023). Micromolar Nutrient concentration profiles from the long-term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2022. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/062bf324-63ba-464a-e063-6c86abc07749

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/0a1cac9c-1217-247e-e063-6c86abc0507c
Wilkinson B., Jones O., Rees A., Fishwick J. (2023). Fluorometric Chlorophyll-a measurements from CTD niskin collected from depth profiles at station L4 in the Western Channel Observatory (WCO) from 1992 up until end of 2022. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/0a1cac9c-1217-247e-e063-6c86abc0507c

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/0b4e44aa-cef8-4c86-e063-6c86abc04a36
Findlay H.S., Beesley A., Nunes J., Brown I.J., Kitidis V., Fishwick J., Smyth T. (2023). Inorganic carbon and total alkalinity at the Western Channel Observatory from the L4 site from 2008 to 2022 NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/0b4e44aa-cef8-4c86-e063-6c86abc04a36

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/0fd7cc03-9b99-492c-e063-6c86abc0e52b
McEvoy A., Atkinson A., Beesley A. (2024). Zooplankton abundance time series from net hauls at Western Channel Observatory site L4 off Plymouth, UK between 1988-2022. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/0fd7cc03-9b99-492c-e063-6c86abc0e52b

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/285d5ae7-934f-f7c4-e063-7086abc031fc
McEvoy A., Atkinson A., Beesley A. (2024). Zooplankton abundance time series from net hauls at Western Channel Observatory site L4 off Plymouth, UK between 1988-2023. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/285d5ae7-934f-f7c4-e063-7086abc031fc

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/288540bf-2e1d-d6be-e063-7086abc0ea05
Wihsgott J.U., Netting J., Palmer M.R. (2024). Realtime Quality Controlled OceanGliders Trajectory File from the SyncED-Ocean project in the Western English Channel, UK, from August to September 2024. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/288540bf-2e1d-d6be-e063-7086abc0ea05

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/263bdd6c-43db-f51c-e063-7086abc035ec
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2024). Micromolar Nutrient concentration profiles from the long-term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2023. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/263bdd6c-43db-f51c-e063-7086abc035ec

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/28d84bdd-0c56-ba6b-e063-7086abc0ee42
Woodward E.M.S., Harris C. (2025). Micromolar Nutrient concentration profiles from the long-term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2023 NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/28d84bdd-0c56-ba6b-e063-7086abc0ee42

OnLine resource: Published dataset - doi:10.5285/2ffe4911-3fb8-ed73-e063-7086abc030a0
Tarran G.A. (2025). Plankton abundance measured by flow cytometry from long term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2024 NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/2ffe4911-3fb8-ed73-e063-7086abc030a0

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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. Submissions (as received) are placed in a long-term accession and stored in triplicate across multiple sites. Appropriate data are transferred into a standard internal format with source variable names mapped to controlled vocabularies, documentation assembled, and metadata loaded into BODC databases. Access to these data is through direct request, the BODC website and through partner repositories such as SeaDataNet. Access control is attained by assigning a data policy to each set of data and this policy is used to administer access when data are requested. Discovery metadata is aligned with EU INSPIRE (through MEDIN) and SeaDataNet community standards. Data are converted to open community formats including Ocean Data View ASCII and SeaDataNet NetCDF, with data described using terms from the NERC vocabulary server. BODC submission agreements are documented on the BODC website and customer service is assured with a dedicated requests team that serve data following local regulations including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.

Pass: Yes

Statement: This dataset was created by the organisations with the "originator" role in this metadata record following their in-house data processing and quality control procedures. The data were then provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for ingestion into one of the schemas of the National Oceanographic Database (NODB). During ingestion BODC undertake quality control, documentation and metadata enhancement procedures appropriate to the type of data. For an overview please see http://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/information_technology/data_processing_steps/. BODC supply full information about data collection, data processing and data quality with all data requests to enable users to assess data suitability themselves.Instrument(s) used to collect data: fluorometers; radiometers; optical backscatter sensors; water temperature sensor; plankton nets; discrete water samplers; salinity sensor; water pressure sensors; transmissometers; CTD; dissolved gas sensors.

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Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

Hierarchy level: dataset Dataset

Date stamp: 2025-03-14T15:04:10

Metadata standard name: MEDIN

Metadata standard version: 3.1.1

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Tim Smyth ( Principle Investigator )

Prospect Place , The Hoe , Plymouth , England , PL1 3DH , United Kingdom

+44 (0)1752 633 100
http://www.pml.ac.uk

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