PSEA-10-01 Zooplankton abundance
Summary
This dataset contains zooplankton abundance measurements for selected stations during U.S Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea cruise PSEA1001. Samples were collected with a 0.5 m diameter, 64 micro-m mesh ring net towed vertically from just above the bottom to the surface.
These were preserved in buffered formalin and counted. All large copepods and chaetognaths in each sample were identified and enumerated. Smaller zooplankton were subsampled with a Stemple pipet and identified and enumerated. Data are presented as number of organisms per square meter of water column. Because of ice, no current meter was used. Volume filtered was calculated from the net mouth open area and the depth over which the net was hauled. There was no clogging because of the very low phytoplankton abundance (Chl a less than 0.6 mg/m3).
Data were collected during the Bering Sea Ecosystem Study-Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (BEST-BSIERP). BEST-BSIERP together are the Bering Sea project.
Data access
- ORDER data to made available for download
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Spatial Type | point |
Language | English |
Grant Code | 0909415 |
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Temporal coverage
Begin datetime | 2010-03-07 00:00:00 |
End datetime | 2010-04-04 23:59:59 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
63.0333,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
58.5912
Minimum (West) Longitude:
-174.841,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
-170.301
Primary point of contact information
Edward Durbin <edurbin@gso.uri.edu>
Additional contact information
- author: Edward Durbin <edurbin@gso.uri.edu>
- author: Maria C. Casas
- principalInvestigator: Edward Durbin <edurbin@gso.uri.edu>
- principalInvestigator: Tatiana Rynearson <rynearson@uri.edu>
Citation
Durbin, E., Casas, M. 2012. PSEA-10-01 Zooplankton abundance. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D61N7Z4T. Accessed 21 Apr 2025.
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