Zooplankton data collected along AZMP transects during individual occupations.

Zooplankton_Occupations_Sections

Format

A dataframe

section

Section name where data was collected

station

The name of the station where data was collected

latitude

The latitude at which data was collected

longitude

The longitude at which data was collected

year

The year in which data was collected

season

The season in which data was collected (Northern Hemisphere)

month

The month in which data was collected (numeric)

day

The day on which data was collected

event_id

A unique identifier for the sampling event

cruise_id

A unique identifier for the mission/cruise

sample_id

A unique identifier for the sample

depth

The depth at which data was actually collected

calanus_finmarchicus_abundance

Abundance of calanus finmarchicus

pseudocalanus_abundance

Abundance of pseudocalanus

copepods

Abundance of copepods group with a log 10 transform

non_copepods

Abundance of non-copepods group

Arctic_Calanus_species

Abundance of arctic calanus group

warm_offshore_copepods

Abundance of warm offshore copepods group (Clausocalanus spp., Mecynocera clausi, and Pleuromamma borealis)

warm_shelf_copepods

Abundance of warm shelf copepods group (the summer-fall copepods Paracalanus spp. and Centropages typicus)

zooplankton_meso_dry_weight

Dry weight of meso zooplankton

zooplankton_meso_wet_weight

Wet weight of meso zooplankton

zooplankton_macro_wet_weight

Wet weight of macro 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

Occupation

regional_scale

Section

category

biological, zooplankton