Zooplankton Data
The zooplankton are the freely drifting animals of the sea, ranging in size from small copepods, to krill, to large jellyfish and chain-forming organisms called salps. They are a critical food source for most other animals in the ocean and also help regulate ocean biogeochemical cycles.
Total Zooplankton Biovolume (displacement volume)
Data Locations:
1951 – ongoing
Collection: Net Tows at CalCOFI Stations
Analysis: Displacement Volume (CalCOFI, SWFSC)
Zooplankton Biovolume Reports
1951 – ongoing
Collection: Net Tows at CalCOFI Stations
Analysis: Displacement Volume (CalCOFI, SWFSC)
Mesozooplankton
Holoplankton
Data Locations:
ZooDB
1951 – ongoing
Collection: Oblique Bongo Net Tows at CalCOFI stations
Analysis: Visual Microscopy
(Mark Ohman Lab, CCE-LTER)
Zooscan Database
2005 – ongoing
Collection: Vertical PRPOOS Net Tows at CalCOFI stations
Analysis: Optical Scanner
(Mark Ohman Lab, CCE-LTER)
Brinton & Townsend Euphausiid DB
1951 – ongoing
Collection: Oblique Bongo Net Tows at CalCOFI stations
Analysis: Visual Microscopy
(Mark Ohman Lab, CCE-LTER)
Mesozooplankton
Meroplankton
Data Locations:
Lobster phyllosoma larvae
1951 – 2008
Collection: Net Tows at CalCOFI stations
Analysis: Visual Microscopy
(Tony Koslow Lab)
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