Gonad maturity stages of Microcalanus spp. in the Southern Ocean ...

• Main Authors: Cornils, Astrid, Schnack-Schiel, Sigrid B
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2018
• Subjects: Event label; DATE/TIME; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; ELEVATION; DEPTH, water; Depth, top/min; Depth, bottom/max; Gonad stage, unripe; Gonad stage, semi-ripe; Gonad stage, ripe; Gonad stage, spent; Nansen closing net, 200 µm meshsize; CTD/Rosette; Multiple opening/closing net; Multiple investigations; Apstein plankton net; Multisonde; Multiple opening/closing net, 100 µm meshsize; JB03; M11/4; ANT-II/2; ANT-III/3; ANT-V/1; ANT-V/2; ANT-V/3; ANT-X/3; ANT-XXI/2; John Biscoe; Meteor 1986; Polarstern; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.895817; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.895817

Females were stained in a Borax carmin solution for the exam- ination of the gonad maturation. Four different developmental stag- es of gonads were determined according to Corkett and McLaren (1978) - stage 1: unripe; stage 2: semiripe; stage 3: ripe; stage 4: spent. For further information see Schnack-Schiel and Mizdalski (1994). ...