Swalethorp, Rasmus; Kjellerup, Sanne; Nielsen, Torkel Gissel (2013): Mesozooplankton abundance data from the fjord branch Kapisigdlit located in the Godthaabsfjord system, West Greenland, 2010 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810996
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Abstract:
Sampling was conducted from March 24 to August 5 2010, in the fjord branch Kapisigdlit located in the inner part of the Godthåbsfjord system, West Greenland. The vessel "Lille Masik" was used during all cruises except on June 17-18 where sampling was done from RV Dana (National Institute for Aquatic Resources, Denmark). A total of 15 cruises (of 1-2 days duration) 7-10 days apart was carried out along a transect composed of 6 stations (St.), spanning the length of the 26 km long fjord branch. St. 1 was located at the mouth of the fjord branch and St. 6 was located at the end of the fjord branch, in the middle of a shallower inner creek . St. 1-4 was covering deeper parts of the fjord, and St. 5 was located on the slope leading up to the shallow inner creek. Mesozooplankton was sampled by vertical net tows using a Hydrobios Multinet (type Mini) equipped with a flow meter and 50 µm mesh nets or a WP-2 net 50 µm mesh size equipped with a non-filtering cod-end. Sampling was conducted at various times of day at the different stations. The nets were hauled with a speed of 0.2-0.3 m s**-1 from 100, 75 and 50 m depth to the surface at St. 2 + 4, 5 and 6, respectively. The content was immediately preserved in buffered formalin (4% final concentration). All samples were analyzed in the Plankton sorting and identification center in Szczecin (www.nmfri.gdynia.pl). Samples containing high numbers of zooplankton were split into subsamples. All copepods and other zooplankton were identified down to lowest possible taxonomic level (approx. 400 per sample), length measured and counted. Copepods were sorted into development stages (nauplii stage 1 - copepodite stage 6) using morphological features and sizes, and up to 10 individuals of each stage was length measured.
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Project(s):
Basin Scale Analysis, Synthesis and Integration (EURO-BASIN)
Funding:
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), grant/award no. 264933: Basin Scale Analysis, Synthesis and Integration
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 64.424884 * Median Longitude: -50.376591 * South-bound Latitude: 64.411700 * West-bound Longitude: -50.658000 * North-bound Latitude: 64.440300 * East-bound Longitude: -50.248500
Date/Time Start: 2010-03-24T03:11:00 * Date/Time End: 2010-08-06T00:10:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 5.0 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 225.0 m
Event(s):
Kapisigdlit_2010-1_4 (Station-2) * Latitude: 64.438100 * Longitude: -50.652100 * Date/Time: 2010-03-24T03:11:00 * Location: Greenland * Method/Device: Multiple opening/closing net (MSN) * Comment: mesh size = 50µm; net area = 0.12 square meter; filtered water volumes: 0-50m = 6 cubic meter; 50-100m = 6 cubic meter; 100-150m = 6 cubic meter; 150-170m = 2.4 cubic meter
Kapisigdlit_2010-1_7 (Station-4) * Latitude: 64.414000 * Longitude: -50.365100 * Date/Time: 2010-03-24T06:25:00 * Location: Greenland * Method/Device: Multiple opening/closing net (MSN) * Comment: mesh size = 50µm; net area = 0.12 square meter; filtered water volumes: 0-50m = 6 cubic meter; 50-100m = 6 cubic meter; 100-150m = 6 cubic meter; 150-200m = 6 cubic meter; 200-250m = 6 cubic meter
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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