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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Mesozooplankton abundance from 1959-2017 in the Middle Adriatic Sea
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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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Long-term series
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Marine
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Zooplankton
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EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box
Bounding Box
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16.285333333
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16.285333333
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43.043833333
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43.043833333
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MED, Adriatic Sea
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1959-01-01
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2017-01-01
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:10194
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gigaclass
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Actinopterygii
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:17446
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class
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Appendicularia
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1069
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class
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Branchiopoda
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101
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class
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Gastropoda
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:889925
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class
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Hexanauplia
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1337
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Hydrozoa
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1071
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class
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Malacostraca
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078
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class
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Ostracoda
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883
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class
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Polychaeta
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22626
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class
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Thaliacea
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Damjanović T, Bojanić N (2021): Mesozooplankton abundance from 1959-2017 in the Middle Adriatic Sea
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