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Mesozooplankton abundance from 1972-1995 in the coastal Middle Adriatic Sea
Citation
Damjanović T, Bojanić N (2021): Mesozooplankton abundance from 1972-1995 in the coastal Middle Adriatic Sea. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/6659
Contact: Vidjak, Olja

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Description
Monthly mesoozooplankton samplings started in 1950s, performed by vertical tows of Hensen net (73 cm mouth diameter, 330 μm mesh size) from 35–0 m. Samples were fixed in 2 % formaldehyde solution buffered with borax. No flowmeter was used. From 1950s-1995 mesozooplankton was sampled on approximately monthly basis and data are available from January 1972 to November 1995 (with gaps in 1975) and include the abundances expressed as no.ind.m-3 at group level of the zooplankton groups such as Copepoda, Cladocera, Appendicularia, Chaetognatha, Tunicata, Ostracoda, Polychaeta, Decapoda larvae, various meroplankton larvae, Pisces ova, Pisces larvae and Hydromedusae/Siphonophora. From 1995 the sampling program with Hensen net was interrupted and investigations continued with Nansen net, 125 μm mesh size. more

Sampling Description. Performed by vertical tows of Hensen net (73 cm mouth diameter, 330 μm mesh size) from 35–0 m. Samples were fixed in 2 % formaldehyde solution buffered with borax. No flowmeter was used.

Step Description. Performed by vertical tows of Hensen net (73 cm mouth diameter, 330 μm mesh size) from 35–0 m. Samples were fixed in 2 % formaldehyde solution buffered with borax. No flowmeter was used. Sampled on approximately monthly basis and data are available from January 1972 to November 1995 (with gaps in 1975) and include the abundances expressed as no.ind.m-3 at group level of the zooplankton groups.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Plankton > Mesoplankton, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Long-term series, Marine, Zooplankton, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, MED, Croatia, Kastela Bay, Appendicularia, Chaetognatha, Diplostraca, Copepoda, Decapoda, Hydroidolina, Ostracoda, Pisces, Polychaeta, Siphonophora, Tunicata

Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 16,3757; MinLat: 43,5267 - MaxLong: 16,3757; MaxLat: 43,5267 [WGS84]
MED, Croatia, Kastela Bay [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
1972 - 1995

Taxonomic coverage
Appendicularia [WoRMS]
Chaetognatha [WoRMS]
Diplostraca [WoRMS]
Copepoda [WoRMS]
Decapoda [WoRMS]
Hydroidolina [WoRMS]
Ostracoda [WoRMS]
Pisces [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]
Siphonophora [WoRMS]
Tunicata [WoRMS]

Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit volume of the water body [BODC]
Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Length of sampling track [BODC]

Contributors
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IZOR)data creatordata manager
Damjanović, Tija
Bojanic, Natalia
Vidjak, Olja
Vučić, Ivan

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EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2021-02-22
Information last updated: 2021-03-15
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