Abundance of mesozooplankton in the Levantine Basin during the Bilim 2 cruise in October 2008

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The Sesame dataset contains mesozooplankton data collected during October 2008 in the Levantine Basin (between 33.20 and 36.50 N latitude and between 30.99 and 31.008 E longitude). Mesozooplankton samples were collected by using a WP-2 closing net with 200 µm mesh size during day hours (07:00-18:00). Samples were taken from 0-50, 50-100, 100-200 m layer at 5 stations in Levantine Basin The dataset includes samples analyzed for mesozooplankton species composition, abundance and total mesozooplankton biomass.The entire sample (1/2) or an aliquot was analyzed under the binocular microscope. Minimum 500 individuals of mesozooplankton were identified and numerated at higher taxonomic level. Taxonomic identification was done at the METU- Institute of Marine Sciences by Alexandra Gubanova,Tuba Terbıyık using the relevant taxonomic literatures. Mesozooplankton abundance and biomass were estimated by Zahit Uysal and Yeşim Ak Örek. Specification via marine planktonic copepods database (http://copepodes.obs-banyuls.fr/en/).

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.848548
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.848548
Provenance
Creator Uysal, Zahit; AK Örek, Yesim; Terbiyik, Tuba; Gubanova, Alexandra
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2015
Funding Reference Sixth Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011103 Crossref Funder ID 36949 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/36949 Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem Changes
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 8415 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (33.251W, 33.251S, 36.493E, 36.493N); East Mediterranean Sea
Temporal Coverage Begin 2008-10-18T13:20:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2008-10-20T09:15:00Z