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Welcome to the CPR Survey The Continuous Plankton Recorder CPR Survey is the most geographically extensive marine monitoring programme in the world. Started in 1931. Today the Survey is operated by the Marine Biological Association based in Plymouth UK. Taxonomic Abundance Entries Taxa Routinely Analysed Years Towing Total Samples Analysed Key Services Marine biological datasets provide a wide range of environmental and climatic indicators to address marine environmental management issues such as Harmful Algal Blooms pollution climate change and fisheries Research At the base of the marine foodweb the free floating plant life of the sea phytoplankton provide food for the animal plankton zooplankton which in turn provide food for many other marine organisms Policy Makers Policy drivers continue to influence research at the CPR Survey and an important aim of the organisation is to use CPR data and the expertise of Survey scientists to deliver evidencebased advice to policy makers and ecosystem managers Data The CPR Survey is unique in having comparable data on the geographical distribution seasonal cycles and yeartoyear changes in abundance of plankton over a large spatial area Recent News FIND OUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO AND WHAT IS COMING UP 100 scores at Phytoplankton Workshop CPR Survey Plankton Analyst Martina has travelled to Hilderod in Denmark this week to take part in the annual International Phytoplankton Intercomparison workshop.