CCE Signature Datasets

• Phytoplankton, Chlorophyll a and Primary Production
  
  
• Scripps Institution Of Oceanography Pier Water Temperature
  
  
• Zooplankton Abundance - Cool Regime Salps Sentinel Species Group (Spring Annual Averages)
• Zooplankton Abundance - Euphausiid Sentinel Species (Spring Annual Averages)
• Zooplankton Biomass - Displacement Volume (Spring Annual Averages)
• Zooplankton Biomass - Organic Carbon of Pelagic Tunicates (Spring Annual Averages)

LTER Core Areas

• Disturbance Patterns (read more) Disturbances often shape ecosystems by periodically reorganizing them, causing significant changes in plant and animal populations and communities.
• Inorganic Nutrients (read more) Nitrogen, phosphorus, trace metals and other mineral nutrients are cycled through the ecosystem by way of decay and disturbances. In excessive quantities nitrogen and other nutrients can have far-reaching and harmful effects on the environment.
• Organic Matter (read more) The entire ecosystem relies on the recycling of organic matter (and the nutrients it contains), including dead plants, animals, and other organisms. Decomposition of organic matter and its movement through the ecosystem is an important component of the food web.
• Population Studies (read more) A population is a group of organisms of the same species. Variations in abundance of populations of organisms can be important indicators of environmental changes.
• Primary Production (read more) Plant growth in most ecosystems forms the base or "primary" component of the food web. The amount and type of plant growth in an ecosystem helps to determine the amount and kind of animals (or "secondary" production) that can survive there.