Built from the
integrated database
--
15
contributing datasets (
25
underlying data sources) across CalCOFI, CCE-LTER, NOAA SWFSC, CDFW
and the Farallon Institute. Click a row for the citation, license and
required acknowledgement of each source.
DatasetProgram & provider
CalCOFI: Bottle
CalCOFI
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD SIO)
State in the methods that the data were obtained from the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI), and mention in the acknowledgments that the data are available at https://calcofi.org/ (per calcofi.org's site-wide Data Usage Policy).
Rasmus Swalethorp / Benjamin Gire (rswalethorp@ucsd.edu)
Acknowledge
State in the methods that the data were obtained from the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI), and mention in the acknowledgments that the data are available at https://calcofi.org/ (per calcofi.org's site-wide Data Usage Policy).
Rasmus Swalethorp / Benjamin Gire (rswalethorp@ucsd.edu)
Acknowledge
State in the methods that the data were obtained from the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI), and mention in the acknowledgments that the data are available at https://calcofi.org/ (per calcofi.org's site-wide Data Usage Policy).
State in the methods that the data were obtained from the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI), and mention in the acknowledgments that the data are available at https://calcofi.org/ (per calcofi.org's site-wide Data Usage Policy).
NOAA ERDDAP standard disclaimer: "The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied... or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information."
NOAA ERDDAP standard disclaimer: "The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied... or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information."
CalCOFI: Phytoplankton
CCE-LTER; CalCOFI
UCSD SIO
CalCOFI - Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California Current Ecosystem LTER, and E. Venrick. 2023. Temporal and spatial changes of the abundance and species composition of phytoplankton in the California Current from samples collected aboard CalCOFI cruises from summer 1996 through 2022. ver 4. Environmental Data Initiative.
https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/60edabfbfd85c623fce05822befaa071
PI / provider
Elizabeth L. Venrick (evenrick@ucsd.edu)
License & disclaimer
CC0-1.0 (public domain; attribution still professional etiquette)
CCE-LTER: ZooScan
CCE-LTER; CalCOFI
UCSD SIO (Ohman Lab)
Ohman Lab, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. ZooScan Database (PRPOOS Zooplankton Time Series). Queryable interface developed by M. Frants, with assistance from D. Jensen.
https://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/zooscandb/
(accessed 2026-09-07).
PI / provider
Mark D. Ohman (mohman@ucsd.edu)
Acknowledge
Required: "Plankton sample analysis supported by NSF grants to M.D. Ohman and the CCE-LTER site." Reprints must be deposited with the CCE-LTER program office (rwestlakestorey@ucsd.edu). Contact Dr. Ohman on possible co-authorship.
License & disclaimer
Scholarly/non-commercial use only, per the database's own Data Use Policy; written permission from Dr. Mark D. Ohman required for any commercial use.
Data originate from the Brinton and Townsend Euphausiid Database of the Pelagic Invertebrate Collection, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Supported in recent years by NSF grants to M.D. Ohman and the CCE-LTER site.
License & disclaimer
custom (EDI, non-commercial; requires the acknowledgement text + depositing reprints)
Required: "Plankton sample analysis supported by NSF grants to M.D. Ohman and the CCE-LTER site, and by the SIO Pelagic Invertebrate Collection." Reprints deposited with the SIO Pelagic Invertebrate Collection. Contact Dr. Ohman on possible co-authorship.
License & disclaimer
Scholarly/non-commercial use only, per the database's own Data Use Policy; written permission from Dr. Mark D. Ohman required for any commercial use.
Farallon Institute (W. Sydeman, S.A. Thompson). CalCOFI Farallon Institute Seabirds: Observations / Transect Log / Species Table. NOAA ERDDAP datasets CAC_FI_SBAS_obs, CAC_FI_SBAS_sp, CAC_FI_SBAS_tr.
PI / provider
William J. Sydeman (wsydeman@faralloninstitute.org); Sarah Ann Thompson (sathompson@faralloninstitute.org)
License
CC BY 4.0
Acknowledge
Required: "This [product] uses data collected by the Farallon Institute, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) with funding distributed to SCCOOS, and NSF's CCE LTER site under Grant No. OCE 2142918 (and earlier awards)... For use of the CalCOFI dataset, we acknowledge data originators and PIs Richard R. Veit, K. David Hyrenbach, and William J. Sydeman." Also: notify the data contact before use; provide a manuscript PDF to the dataset author before submission and a final copy to info@faralloninstitute.org (subject: "Seabirds at Sea"); consider co-authorship when data are essential to the product.
Hildebrand, J. 2005-2015 (ongoing). Index of visual monitoring, location, species behavior, and identification of cetaceans from CalCOFI cruises in the California Current System. California Current Ecosystem LTER.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/9ee6ca9b4a316708ca3d17ddc92debfb
PI / provider
John Hildebrand (jahildebrand@ucsd.edu)
License & disclaimer
(none stated beyond a general "Ocean Informatics - SIO, UCSD" copyright notice)
Behavior code lookups
Hildebrand, J. 2005-2015 (ongoing). Index of visual monitoring, location, species behavior, and identification of cetaceans from CalCOFI cruises in the California Current System. California Current Ecosystem LTER.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/9ee6ca9b4a316708ca3d17ddc92debfb
PI / provider
John Hildebrand (jahildebrand@ucsd.edu)
License & disclaimer
(none stated beyond a general "Ocean Informatics - SIO, UCSD" copyright notice)
CalCOFI: Phyllosoma
CalCOFI
UCSD SIO
CalCOFI - Scripps Institution of Oceanography and T. Koslow. 2017. Data pertaining to lobster phyllosoma, Panulirus interruptus, collection methods, locations, identification and staging (1951-2008, months of July and August) ver 4. Environmental Data Initiative.
https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/9e38121ebb26f1b59b7b39b2eff844fa
PI / provider
J. Anthony Koslow (tkoslow@ucsd.edu)
License & disclaimer
custom (EDI, non-commercial -- scholarly use only, permission required for commercial use)
UCSD SIO: Mesopelagic fish
CalCOFI
UCSD SIO
Koslow, J. Anthony (2016). CalCOFI Trawl Data. In California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI): Acoustic and Trawl Data. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections.
https://doi.org/10.6075/J0BZ64DH
PI / provider
J. Anthony Koslow
License & disclaimer
CC-BY-4.0
CDFW: Dungeness crab megalopae2 sources
CalCOFI
CDFW / UCSD SIO
Megalopae time series, 2008-2014 (A. Klemmedson, 2015)
Rogers-Bennett, L.; Jones, E.; Klemmedson, A. (2026). CDFW Dungeness Crab Megalopae from archived CalCOFI plankton samples (1949-2014). California Department of Fish and Wildlife, published through CalCOFI / Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
PI / provider
Laura Rogers-Bennett
Archival sorting log & species verification, 1949-2012 (E. Jones, 2012)
Rogers-Bennett, L.; Jones, E.; Klemmedson, A. (2026). CDFW Dungeness Crab Megalopae from archived CalCOFI plankton samples (1949-2014). California Department of Fish and Wildlife, published through CalCOFI / Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
The CalCOFI Integrated Application is using the
integrated database
constructed from the contributing datasets of CalCOFI, CCE-LTER, NOAA SWFSC, CDFW and the
Farallon Institute — see the Data Sources tab for the full list, citations, and licenses.