marphy {pastecs} | R Documentation |
Physico-chemical records at the same stations as for marbio
Description
The marphy
data frame has 68 rows (stations) and 4 columns.
They are seawater measurements at a deep of 3 to 7 m at the same 68 stations as marbio
.
Usage
data(marphy)
Format
This data frame contains the following columns:
- Temperature
Seawater temperature in °C
- Salinity
Salinity in g/kg
- Fluorescence
Fluorescence of chlorophyll a
- Density
Excess of volumic mass of the seawater in g/l
Details
This dataset corresponds to a single transect sampled across the Ligurian Sea front in the Mediterranean Sea, between Nice (France) and Calvi (Corsica). The transect extends from the Cap Ferrat (close to Nice) to about 65 km offshore in the direction of Calvi (along a bearing of 123°). 68 regularly spaced measurements where recorded. They correspond to the stations where zooplankton was collected in the marbio
dataset. Water masses in the transect across the front where identified as:
- Stations 1 to 17
Peripheral zone
- Stations 17 to 25
D1 (divergence) zone
- Stations 25 to 30
C (convergence) zone
- Stations 30 to 41
Frontal zone
- Stations 41 to 46
D2 (divergence) zone
- Stations 46 to 68
Central zone
Source
Boucher, J., F. Ibanez & L. Prieur (1987) Daily and seasonal variations in the spatial distribution of zooplankton populations in relation to the physical structure in the Ligurian Sea Front. Journal of Marine Research, 45:133-173.
References
Fromentin, J.-M., F. Ibanez & P. Legendre (1993) A phytosociological method for interpreting plankton data. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 93:285-306.