Zooplankton abundance and biomass from MOCNESS silhouettes, from the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP0103, NBP0104 from the Southern Ocean, 2001-2002 (SOGLOBEC project, Southern Ocean Krill project)

• Main Authors: Carin J. Ashjian, Peter H. Wiebe, Nancy Copley
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) 2009
• Subjects: oceans; Southern Ocean; Austral; Copepods
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/sha256:4735a6b596b81abf053ba8c898352ec9848474c5d2fee74672ac60961329c2e2

<p>Zooplankton abundance and biomass from MOCNESS nets using silhouette analysis&nbsp;NB Palmer, austral fall &amp; winter of 2001 &amp; 2002</p> <p><strong>Cruises:</strong><br /> Nathaniel B. Palmer, April-June 2001 (NBP01-03), 24 tows<br /> Nathaniel B. Palmer, July-Sept. 2001 (NBP01-04), 17 tows<br /> Nathaniel B. Palmer, April-May 2002 (NBP02-02), 24 tows<br /> Nathaniel B. Palmer, July-Sept. 2002 (NBP02-04), 19 tows</p> <p><strong>Related Datasets:</strong><br /> Zooplankton biovolume values from MOCNESS tows - this data set is derived from displacement volume measurements and dry weight conversion calculations from the same set of samples as the above data. https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/2372</p> <p>Zooplankton Abundance Based on Taxa and Life Stages or Size - these abundance values on the same tows were derived by counting and identifying a subset of the zooplankton to the species and life stage for euphausiids and dominant copepods and to taxonomic group with broad size categories for other zooplankton (pteropod, chaetognath, polychaete, etc.). https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/2387</p>