Abundance of mesozooplankton in the Levantine Basin during the Bilim 2 cruise in October 2008
Autoria(s):
Uysal, Zahit; AK Örek, Yesim; Terbiyik, Tuba; Gubanova, Alexandra
Cobertura
MEDIAN LATITUDE: 34.657001 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: 35.094501 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 33.250770 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 33.250770 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 36.492570 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 36.492570 * DATE/TIME START: 2008-10-18T13:20:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2008-10-20T09:15:00 * MINIMUM DEPTH, water: 25 m * MAXIMUM DEPTH, water: 150 m
Data(s)
30/07/2015
Resumo
The Sesame dataset contains mesozooplankton data collected during October 2008 in the Levantine Basin (between 33.20 and 36.50 N latitude and between 30.99 and 31.008 E longitude). Mesozooplankton samples were collected by using a WP-2 closing net with 200 µm mesh size during day hours (07:00-18:00). Samples were taken from 0-50, 50-100, 100-200 m layer at 5 stations in Levantine Basin The dataset includes samples analyzed for mesozooplankton species composition, abundance and total mesozooplankton biomass.
The entire sample (1/2) or an aliquot was analyzed under the binocular microscope. Minimum 500 individuals of mesozooplankton were identified and numerated at higher taxonomic level. Taxonomic identification was done at the METU- Institute of Marine Sciences by Alexandra Gubanova,Tuba Terbiyik using the relevant taxonomic literatures. Mesozooplankton abundance and biomass were estimated by Zahit Uysal and Yesim Ak Örek. Specification via marine planktonic copepods database (http://copepodes.obs-banyuls.fr/en/).
