Comparison of mesh size effects on mesozooplankton collection efficiency in the Southern Ocean

Mesozooplankton abundance and species composition in the upper 200 m at seven sites in Lützow-Holm Bay, Antarctica, were compared using plankton nets with 60, 100 or 330 µm mesh during the austral summer of 2007–2008. While the collection efficiency of the 330 µm mesh was low, ranging from 2.0 to 5....

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Published in:Journal of Plankton Research
Main Authors: Makabe, Ryosuke, Tanimura, Atsushi, Fukuchi, Mitsuo
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2012
Subjects:
Short Communication
Austral
Lützow-Holm Bay
Southern Ocean
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/fbs014v1
https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbs014
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Summary:Mesozooplankton abundance and species composition in the upper 200 m at seven sites in Lützow-Holm Bay, Antarctica, were compared using plankton nets with 60, 100 or 330 µm mesh during the austral summer of 2007–2008. While the collection efficiency of the 330 µm mesh was low, ranging from 2.0 to 5.6%, owing to the significant underestimation of small copepod species, no significant underestimation of abundance was found using the 100 µm mesh, except for copepod nauplii.

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