Zooplankton Annual Section data

Zooplankton data collected along AZMP transects each year.

Zooplankton_Annual_Sections

Format

A dataframe

section

Section name where data was collected

year

The year in which data was collected

calanus_finmarchicus_log10

Abundance of calanus finmarchicus with a log 10 transform

copepods_log10

Abundance of copepods group with a log 10 transform

non_copepods_log10

Abundance of non-copepods group with a log 10 transform

Arctic_Calanus_species_log10

Abundance of arctic calanus group with a log 10 transform

warm_offshore_copepods_log10

Abundance of warm offshore copepods group (Clausocalanus spp., Mecynocera clausi, and Pleuromamma borealis) with a log 10 transform

warm_shelf_copepods_log10

Abundance of warm shelf copepods group with a log 10 transform (the summer-fall copepods Paracalanus spp. and Centropages typicus)

pseudocalanus_log10

Abundance of pseudocalanus with a log 10 transform

zooplankton_meso_dry_weight

Dry weight of meso zooplankton

zooplankton_total_wet_weight

Wet weight of all zooplankton from sampling

Details

The data can be cited as follows: Casault, B., Johnson, C., Devred, E., Head, E., Cogswell, A., and Spry, J. 2020. Optical, Chemical, and Biological Oceanographic Conditions on the Scotian Shelf and in the Eastern Gulf of Maine during 2018. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2020/037. v + 66 p.

Note

time_scale

Annual

regional_scale

Section

category

biological, biochemical, zooplankton