Gulf Watch Alaska Forage Fish Component: Zooplankton Biomass data from 2012-2015 in Prince William Sound, Alaska

• Main Authors: Mayumi Arimitsu (ORCID: 0000-0001-6982-2238), John Piatt (ORCID: 0000-0002-4417-5748), Brielle Heflin (ORCID: 0000-0002-4836-9187)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2017
• Subjects: biota; oceans; zooplankton; biomass; species; m3; stage; Prince William Sound; Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Gonionemus; Aglantha; Pegantha; Perigonimus; Bougainvillia; Proboscidactyla; Corymorpha; Melicertum; Eirene; Dimophyes; Parasagitta; Scolecithricella; Metridia; Microcalanus; Pseudocalanus; Calanus; Neocalanus; Eucalanus; Paracalanus; Paraeuchaeta; Centropages; Epilabidocera; Acartia; Tortanus; Lubbockia; Oncaea; Microsetella; Oithona; Monstrilla; Evadne; Podon; Conchoecia; Neomysis; Cyphocaris; Hyperia; Parathemisto; Themisto; Primno; Euphausia; Thysanoessa; Pasiphaea; Pandalus; Typhloscolex; Tomopteris; Limacina; Oikopleura; Fritillaria; Aglantha digitale; Proboscidactyla flavicirrata; Eirene indicans; Dimophyes arctica; Parasagitta elegans; Scolecithricella minor; Metridia okhotensis; Metridia pacifica; Calanus marshallae; Calanus pacificus; Neocalanus flemingeri; Neocalanus plumchrus; Eucalanus bungii; Paracalanus parvus; Paraeuchaeta elongata; Centropages abdominalis; Epilabidocera amphitrites; Acartia longiremis; Tortanus discaudatus; Lubbockia wilsonae; Oithona similis; Oithona spinirostris; Neomysis rayii; Cyphocaris challengeri; Themisto pacifica; Primno macropa; Euphausia pacifica; Thysanoessa raschii; Thysanoessa inermis; Thysanoessa inspinata; Thysanoessa spinifera; Pasiphaea pacifica; Typhloscolex muelleri; Limacina helicina; Zooplankton
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/42e4b6a0-d59a-44df-acc2-9818fdab70db

These data is part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long term monitoring program, pelagic monitoring component. The dataset contains zooplankton biomass data from our summer surveys (2012-2015) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, it includes: date, time, latitude, longitude, depth, species and biomass (m3). Zooplankton samples were collected in the upper 50 m of the water column during daylight hours with a 150 micron mesh 0.25 m diameter paired ring net at most CTD stations. Samples were preserved in a 10% full strength formalin solution and later identified to the lowest possible taxon by stage and a subsample were weighed by Chris Stark at Stark Fisheries Research. Results are presented in .csv format.