Blastozooid growth experiment of Salpa thomsponi during RV Tangaroa cruise TAN1810 to the Chatham Rise, New Zealand ...

• Main Authors: Lüskow, Florian, Pakhomov, Evgeny A, Stukel, Michael R, Décima, Moira
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2021
• Subjects: gelatinous zooplankton; Laboratory experiment; Pelagic tunicate; Size-specificity; Southern Ocean; Southwest Pacific; Cruise/expedition; DATE/TIME; Experiment day; Experiment duration; Temperature, water; Size; Salpa thompsoni, length; Salp net; Digital camera, Canon EOS 5D mark II, 100 mm f/2.8 macro lens; Calculated; TAN1810; Tangaroa; Salp Particle expOrt and Ocean Production SalpPOOP
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.930608; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.930608

A mature Salpa thompsoni oozooid was collected using a so-called salp-net (1 m diameter ring net with 202 µm mesh fitted with a 30 litre non-filtering cod-end) at the Chatham Rise, New Zealand in October 2018. The growth of new-released blastozooid was studied in an experimental tank on-board for 5 days using image analysis. Growth rates were determined, which fell well within the range of earlier published rates, when temperature was accounted for. ...