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Cruise Data - MOCNESS Zooplankton Abundance

We collect vertically discrete zooplankton samples with the MOCNESS (Multiple Opening Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System). An on-board pressure sensor enables us to know the range sampled by each net. Temperature and Salinity sensors provide environmental data throughout the tow. The maxima, minima, and averages are provided in the dataset. If you are unsure about an abbreviation, see the list of Variables.

Please select the temporal range and sampling location and then click the "Get Data" button.
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Depth ranges sampled by each net vary from station to station. For this reason, depths are listed by qualitative titles with approximate ranges in parentheses. For example, the "deep" net will not sample down to 100 meters at station WB2, where it is only 60 meters deep.)


Temporal Range: Reset Temporal to Defaults


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Sampling Locations:

WB2

    

WB3

    

WB4

    

WB5

    

WB7

    

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CT1

    

CT3

    

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Depth (approx. range):

Surface (0 - 20m)

    

Mid (20 - 40m)

    

Deep (40-100m)

    

VeryDeep (100 - 140m)


Abundance Data Units:

Number per cubic meter
Number per square meter


Variables:

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Volume Filtered

    

Depth min

    

Depth max

Depth avg

    

Temp min

    

Temp max

Temp avg

    

Salinity min

    

Salinity max

Salinity avg

    

Depth sampled

    

Dilution

Acartia hudsonica

    

Acartia longiremis

    

Acartia tonsa

Aetideus armatus

    

Animalocera sp.

    

Calanus finmarchicus

Calanus hyperborius

    

Calanus helgolandicus

    

Centropages hamatus

Centropages typicus

    

Clausocalanus parapergins

    

Eurytemora herdmani

Euchaeta marina

    

Metridia lucens

    

Microsetella norvegica

Microcalanus pussilus

    

Monstrellid

    

Oithona atlantica

Oithona similis

    

Parathalestris croni

    

Parvocalanus crassirostris

Paraeuchaeta norvegica

    

Paracalanus parvus

    

Paracalanus quasimodo

Pseudocalanus moultoni

    

Pseudocalanus newmani

    

Temora longicornis

Tortanus discaudatus

    

Unknown "Pancake" pod

    

Calanus finmarchicus CI

Calanus finmarchicus CII

    

Calanus finmarchicus CIII

    

Calanus finmarchicus CIV

Calanus finmarchicus CV

    

Cirripedia (barnacle nauplius)

    

Cyprid (Barnacle stage)

Lamellibranch (bivalve) larvae

    

Ectoprocta (bryozoan) larvae

    

Brackyura (crab) zoea larvae

Decapoda

    

Euphausiid

    

Evadne sp.

Hyperiid Amphipod

    

Larvacea

    

Limacina (pteropod)

Jellies

    

Podon spp.

    

Polychaeta larvae

Parasagitta elegans (Chaetognath)

    

Gastropoda (snail) veliger larvae

    

Tomopterus

Unknown worm (polychaete)

    

Echinopluteus (sea urchin) larvae

    

Urochordata (sea squirt) larvae

Asteroidea (sea star) larvae

    

Longhorn sculpin

    

Silver Hake

Sand Lance

    

Fish spp.

    

Nematode

Salps

    

Unknown Cladoceran