The CPR Survey has an open and transparent approach to data availability, data requests and data citation. The Survey believes its plankton observation, ancillary datasets and associated metadata should be freely available to collaborating researchers. Increasing the number of scientists that can access and work with CPR Survey datasets will accelerate the progress of marine ecological science and understanding; enhancing the societal benefit derived from Survey data.
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Monthly mean data for CPR standard areas
Here you can explore monthly mean data of a few variables across the CPR database, within the CPR standard areas.
The process to request access to CPR Survey data is as follows:
The CPR Survey data licence grants permissions for users to work on a specified Survey dataset for a limited period of time. At the expiry of this permission, the original and all copies of the dataset must be destroyed.
Datasets are provided with an embedded CPR Survey attribution, suggested citation and Digital Object Identifier (DOI) which must be used to acknowledge the dataset as specified in the data licence agreement.
The CPR Survey requires individuals in possession of CPR Survey data to report to the Survey, for the lifetime of the data licence agreement, on the use of the data, its inclusion into data products and dissemination through publication.
The CPR Survey expects that co-authorship will be offered to Survey staff in response to their active collaboration on projects requiring the use of CPR Survey data products.