Biodiversity and distribution of gelatinous macrozooplankton in the North Sea and adjacent waters - dataset from winter 2022.

ABSTRACT: The diversity and distribution of gelatinous macrozooplankton is described by presenting qualitative and quantitative data of the jellyfish and comb jelly community encountered in the North Sea and Skagerrak/Kattegat during January/February 2022. Data were generated as part of the North Sea Midwater Ring Net (MIK) survey [1], an ichthyoplankton survey conducted at night-time during the quarter 1 (Q1) International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS), aboard the Danish R/V DANA (DTU Aqua) and the Swedish R/V Svea (SLU). A total of 100 stations were investigated using a 13 m long Midwater Ring Net (MIK net) with an opening diameter of 2 m and a mesh size of 1.6 mm, which is 0.5 mm meshed for the last meter of the net and the cod end [2]. Samples were collected by double oblique hauls from the surface

SUBMITTER: Jensen CJD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11617868 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature