Sub‑surface gelatinous zooplankton assemblages and their seasonality in two Northwestern Icelandic fjords

This data set contains information about near-surface (about 10 m depth) gelatinous zooplankton assemblages and their seasonal changes from two neighbouring Northwestern Icelandic fjords, which were studied from April to September 2008. At five stations, horizontal Bongo net (mesh size: 500 µm, mout...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sigurdsson, Gudjon M, Lüskow, Florian, Gislason, Astthor, Svavarsson, Jörundur
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2022
Subjects:
BONGO
Bongo net
Calculated
Class
Counting
DATE/TIME
Depth
bathymetric
water
Event label
Latitude of event
Longitude of event
Mesh size
Method/Device of event
Northwestern Icelandic fjord
Number of individuals
NWIF_2008_P1
NWIF_2008_P2
NWIF_2008_P3
NWIF_2008_T1
NWIF_2008_T2
P1
P2
P3
Species
Station label
T1
T2
Uniform resource locator/link to reference
VID
Visual identification
Water volume
filtered
Zooplankton
gelatinous
Polar Biology
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.942811
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942811
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Summary:This data set contains information about near-surface (about 10 m depth) gelatinous zooplankton assemblages and their seasonal changes from two neighbouring Northwestern Icelandic fjords, which were studied from April to September 2008. At five stations, horizontal Bongo net (mesh size: 500 µm, mouth opening: 0.3 m²) tows were performed regularly with a small motor boat at a towing speed of about 3 kn. In total, 12235 specimens of 14 species (ten hydromedusae, two scyphomedusae, one ctenophore) were collected. The total abundance of gelatinous zooplankton increased from April to June, while scyphomedusa and ctenophore abundances decreased towards September.

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