Zooplankton other than Copepoda collected from Fletcher's Ice Island (T-3) in the Canadian Basin of the Arctic Ocean

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Originator: Scott, D.A, English, T.S.
Publication_Date: 196908
Title:: Zooplankton other than Copepoda collected from Fletcher's Ice Island (T-3) in the Canadian Basin of the Arctic Ocean
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Other_Citation_Details: Technical Report No. 241 Reference M69-70

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Abstract:: This report contains tabulations of abundance of zooplankton other than Copepoda collected from Fletcher's Ice Island (T-3) on a drift track in the Canadian Basin of the Arctic Ocean during 1966 and 1967. Samples were taken, using a plankton-pumping system, at 5-m depth intervals from 5 to 185 m, and with two sizes of closing plankton nets at intervals between 0 and 2000m. The organisms were identified and enumerated as 44 categories of species and larger taxonomic groups. Data for each sample include the sampling gear used, the date, time, and depth of sampling; the number of categories in the sample; and the volume of water filtered; these data were collected to begin a description of the vertical and seasonal distributions of zooplankton as part of a long-term study of primary productivity and energy flow in the Arctic Ocean. The Copepods associated with these samples can be found in Scott, D.A. and T.Saunders English Copepoda collected from Fletcher’s Ice Island (T-3) in the Canadian Basin of the Arctic Ocean in 1966 and 1967. University of Washington, Technical report No 240 and in a second dataset served by ArcOD.
Purpose:: The objectives of this portion of the study were; (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of a plankton-pumping system and two sizes of plankton nets for sampling zooplankton other than copepods from Fletcher's Ice Island (T-3), and (2) to obtain a description of the vertical and seasonal distributions of the zooplankton.

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Beginning_Date: 19660817
Ending_Date: 19670828

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Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Arctic Ocean

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -176.2
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -150.683
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 75.495
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 80.137

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Theme_Keyword: Version 1
Theme_Keyword: Biology

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: IOOS National Backbone Programs
Theme_Keyword: Version 1
Theme_Keyword: Alaska Ocean Observing System

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Core Variable Map
Theme_Keyword: Biology

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Theme_Keyword: dsid=ARCOD
Theme_Keyword: db=arcod
Theme_Keyword: archive=2009/0000012
Theme_Keyword: collectioncode=2008P3

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Alaska Marine Information System
Theme_Keyword: project_number:1765

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Theme_Keyword: Fletcher's Ice Island
Theme_Keyword: T3
Theme_Keyword: Abundance
Theme_Keyword: Biomass
Theme_Keyword: Zooplankton
Theme_Keyword: Depth Strata
Theme_Keyword: Pump
Theme_Keyword: Juday Net
Theme_Keyword: English Net

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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Arctic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Canada Basin

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Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Taxonomic_Keywords: Aglantha digitale
Taxonomic_Keywords: Amphipoda
Taxonomic_Keywords: Apherusa glacialis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Beroe cucumis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Botrynema brucei
Taxonomic_Keywords: Botrynema ellinorae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Chaetognatha
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cnidaria
Taxonomic_Keywords: Conchoecia maxima
Taxonomic_Keywords: Crustacea
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ctenophora
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cyclocaris guilelmi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Decapoda
Taxonomic_Keywords: Dimophyes arctica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Epicaridea
Taxonomic_Keywords: Eukrohnia bathypelagica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Eukrohnia hamata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Fritillaria
Taxonomic_Keywords: Heterokrohnia mirabilis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hybocodon
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hymenodora glacialis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Limacina helicina
Taxonomic_Keywords: Oikopleura
Taxonomic_Keywords: Parasagitta elegans
Taxonomic_Keywords: Parathemisto abyssorum
Taxonomic_Keywords: Parathemisto libellula
Taxonomic_Keywords: Pelagobia longicirrata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Periphylla hyacinthina
Taxonomic_Keywords: Phalacrophorus pictus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Polychaeta
Taxonomic_Keywords: Sagitta maxima
Taxonomic_Keywords: Siphonophora
Taxonomic_Keywords: Sminthea arctica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Solmundella bitentaculata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Thysanoessa inermis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Thysanoessa raschii
Taxonomic_Keywords: Typhloscolex

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Originator: Unknown
Publication_Date: Unknown

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Metadata uses WORMS www.marinespecies.org to generate the taxonomic hierarchy. Periphylla hyacinthina following species was not found in WORMS and is not included in the taxonomic hierarchy.

Taxonomic_Procedures:

The samples were analyzed in the Department of Oceanography, University of Washington. Since the number of animals was small, no sub-sampling was done. The organisms to be counted were placed in a clear plastic tray 6 x 7 cm, marked with a 1-cm grid and observed with a binocular microscope. All of the zooplankton other than copepods were examined and enumerated within 44 categories of species and larger taxonomic groups.

Taxonomic_Completeness: Completed to species level if possible