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Mesozooplankton abundance from 1972-1995 in the coastal Middle Adriatic Sea

Monthly mesoozooplankton samplings started in 1950s, performed by vertical tows of Hensen net (73 cm mouth diameter, 330 μm mesh size) from 35–0 m. Samples were fixed in 2 % formaldehyde solution buffered with borax. No flowmeter was used. From 1950s-1995 mesozooplankton was sampled on approximately monthly basis and data are available from January 1972 to November 1995 (with gaps in 1975) and include the abundances expressed as no.ind.m-3 at group level of the zooplankton groups such as Copepoda, Cladocera, Appendicularia, Chaetognatha, Tunicata, Ostracoda, Polychaeta, Decapoda larvae, various meroplankton larvae, Pisces ova, Pisces larvae and Hydromedusae/Siphonophora. From 1995 the sampling program with Hensen net was interrupted and investigations continued with Nansen net, 125 μm mesh size.

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Publication Date
2021-12-02
Title

Mesozooplankton abundance from 1972-1995 in the coastal Middle Adriatic Sea

Abstract

Monthly mesoozooplankton samplings started in 1950s, performed by vertical tows of Hensen net (73 cm mouth diameter, 330 μm mesh size) from 35–0 m. Samples were fixed in 2 % formaldehyde solution buffered with borax. No flowmeter was used. From 1950s-1995 mesozooplankton was sampled on approximately monthly basis and data are available from January 1972 to November 1995 (with gaps in 1975) and include the abundances expressed as no.ind.m-3 at group level of the zooplankton groups such as Copepoda, Cladocera, Appendicularia, Chaetognatha, Tunicata, Ostracoda, Polychaeta, Decapoda larvae, various meroplankton larvae, Pisces ova, Pisces larvae and Hydromedusae/Siphonophora. From 1995 the sampling program with Hensen net was interrupted and investigations continued with Nansen net, 125 μm mesh size.

Dataset Language

en

 
Dataset Creator
  Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries - Natalia Bojanic

Dataset Creator
  Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries - Tija Damjanović

Metadata Provider
  Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

BE

https://www.vliz.be
Associated Party

custodianSteward

  Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries - Ivan Vučić

Dataset Contact
  Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries - Olja Vidjak

Keywords (ASFA)
  • Long-term series

  • Marine

  • Zooplankton

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

16.375667

East Bounding Coordinate

16.375667

North Bounding Coordinate

43.526667

South Bounding Coordinate

43.526667

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

MED, Croatia, Kastela Bay

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1972-01-01

End Date

1995-01-01

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:17446

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Appendicularia

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2081

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Chaetognatha

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1076

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

order

Taxonomic Rank Value

Cladocera

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1080

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

subclass

Taxonomic Rank Value

Copepoda

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1130

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

order

Taxonomic Rank Value

Decapoda

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:19494

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

subclass

Taxonomic Rank Value

Hydromedusae

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Ostracoda

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11676

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

superclass

Taxonomic Rank Value

Pisces

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Polychaeta

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254409

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

order

Taxonomic Rank Value

Siphonophora

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146420

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

subphylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Tunicata

License Information

Intellectual Rights

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Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

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Additional Metadata

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Extra metadata added by VLIZ to add parameter, platform info, as well as GBIF fields

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GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2021-12-02T14:45:22+01:00

Hierarchy Level

dataset

Citation

Damjanović T, Bojanić N (2021): Mesozooplankton abundance from 1972-1995 in the coastal Middle Adriatic Sea

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Object Name

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Distribution

Online

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Distribution

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URL
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Object Name

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Distribution

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URL
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Object Name

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Distribution

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Object Name

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