Calanoid copepod abundances in the northern Benguela Current System from 2009 and 2010

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Abundance data of copepods were derived from vertical Multinet hauls at 10 stations, carried out in the northern Benguela upwelling system in December 2009 (FRS Africana) and September/October 2010 (RRS Discovery). Three transects along ~ 17°S, 19°S and 23°S with three stations each (neritic, shelf break, oceanic) and one station at 21°S were analysed for copepod abundance. Maximum sampling depth was either close to the seafloor (neritic and shelf break stations) or 700 m (2009) and 1000 m (2010) for the oceanic stations. Calanoid copepod species and stages were identified and enumerated separately. Adult females, males and copepodite stage 5 (C5) (in case of C. carinatus and N. minor) were included in the abundance calculations. Abundance is expressed as number of individuals per m**3, calculated from the volume of water filtered (calibrated flowmeter, Hydro-Bios) and the maximum sampling depth at each station.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.823165
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.823322
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2013.01.024
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.823165
Provenance
Creator Schukat, Anna ORCID logo; Teuber, Lena ORCID logo; Auel, Holger
Publisher PANGAEA
Contributor MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University Bremen
Publication Year 2013
Funding Reference Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Bonn https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 Crossref Funder ID 03F0650 Geochemistry and ecology of the Namibian upwelling system
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 1715 data points
Discipline Biospheric Sciences; Ecology; Geosciences; Natural Sciences
Spatial Coverage (10.500W, -23.001S, 14.000E, -17.250N); Benguela Upwelling
Temporal Coverage Begin 2009-12-08T21:26:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2010-10-08T00:43:00Z