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Mesozooplankton abundance from 1959-2017 in the Middle Adriatic Sea

Monthly mesoozooplankton samplings started in 1959, performed by vertical tows of Hensen net (73 cm mouth diameter, 330 μm mesh size) from 100–0 m at towing speed of 0.3 m s-1. Samples were fixed in 2 % formaldehyde solution buffered with borax. No flowmeter was used. From 1959-2017 mesozooplankton was sampled on approximately monthly basis and data are available from March 1959 to December 2017 (with gaps) 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 2004 - 2012 the sampling program was interrupted. The samples from 2012 - 2016 are currently being processed and not yet part of this series.

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Publication Date
2021-12-02
Title

Mesozooplankton abundance from 1959-2017 in the Middle Adriatic Sea

Abstract

Monthly mesoozooplankton samplings started in 1959, performed by vertical tows of Hensen net (73 cm mouth diameter, 330 μm mesh size) from 100–0 m at towing speed of 0.3 m s-1. Samples were fixed in 2 % formaldehyde solution buffered with borax. No flowmeter was used. From 1959-2017 mesozooplankton was sampled on approximately monthly basis and data are available from March 1959 to December 2017 (with gaps) 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 2004 - 2012 the sampling program was interrupted. The samples from 2012 - 2016 are currently being processed and not yet part of this series.

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

16.285333333

East Bounding Coordinate

16.285333333

North Bounding Coordinate

43.043833333

South Bounding Coordinate

43.043833333

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

MED, Adriatic Sea

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1959-01-01

End Date

2017-01-01

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:10194

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

gigaclass

Taxonomic Rank Value

Actinopterygii

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:1069

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Branchiopoda

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Gastropoda

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:889925

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Hexanauplia

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1337

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Hydrozoa

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1071

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Malacostraca

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:883

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Polychaeta

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22626

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Thaliacea

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

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

2021-12-02T14:46:32+01:00

Hierarchy Level

dataset

Citation

Damjanović T, Bojanić N (2021): Mesozooplankton abundance from 1959-2017 in the Middle Adriatic Sea

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

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UTF-8

Data Format

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Distribution

Online

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Object Name

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Data Format

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Distribution

Online

URL
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Physical

Object Name

IPT

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

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Distribution

Online

URL
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Physical

Object Name

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Data Format

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Distribution

Online

URL
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Physical

Object Name

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Character Encoding

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Data Format

Externally Defined Format

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Distribution

Online

URL
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