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Abundance and distribution of coastal, inshore zooplankton in the Huon Estuary and D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania: Sampling trip 17/08/2005
Mesozooplankton community composition and structure were examined throughout the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon Estuary and North West Bay, Tasmania, from November 2004 to October 2005, the data represented by this record was collected on the 17/08/2005.
The composition of the mesozooplankton community was typical of inshore, temperate marine habitats, with seasonally higher abundance in summer and autumn and lower numbers in winter and spring. Copepods were the largest contributors to total abundance across all seasons and stations, while cladocerans and appendicularians were proportionally abundant in spring and summer. The faecal pellets of these three main groups, along with those of krill and amphipods, also contributed significantly to material recovered from sediment traps. Meroplanktonic larvae of benthic animals showed short-term peaks in abundance and were often absent from the water column for long periods. Spatially, North West Bay and the Channel had a higher representation of typically marine species, including Calanus australis and Labidocera cervi, while truly estuarine species, such as the copepod Gladioferens pectinatus, were more important in the Huon Estuary.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2007-10-12T14:40:00
Principal investigator
Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (TAFI) - Swadling, Kerrie, Dr
Private Bag 49
Hobart
TAS
7001
Australia
- Purpose
- As part of the FRDC project entitled A whole-of-ecosystem assessment of environmental issues for salmonid aquaculture (FRDC number 2004/074; Aquafin CRC project number 4.2(2)), studies of mesozooplankton were initiated in 2004 when it was recognised that they play a critical role in the fate of nutrient cycling within the pelagic environment. The inclusion of zooplankton into the Aquafin CRC study began during Phase 2, with the commencement of regular sampling for mesozooplankton in October 2004 and grazing studies in September 2005. Few studies have examined the distribution of mesozooplankton in temperate Australian estuaries, and there is a particular dearth of studies from recent times. Until this study of the Huon Estuary and D’Entrecasteaux Channel we lacked even rudimentary baseline information concerning zooplankton biodiversity and their distributions in space and time in that region.
- Credit
- Aquafin CRC
- Status
- Completed
Principal investigator
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Swadling, Kerrie, Dr
IMAS - Taroona
Private Bag 49
Hobart
TAS
7001
Australia
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- Biota
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- Time period
- 2005-08-17T00:00:00 2005-08-17T00:00:00
Vertical element
- Minimum value
- 0
- Maximum value
- 20
- Identifier
- EPSG::5715
- Name
- MSL depth
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
Resource format
- Title
- Microsoft Excel (xls)
- Date
- Edition
- 2003
- Keywords (Theme)
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- Secondary productivity
- Grazing rates
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Temperate Reef
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
- Keywords (Theme)
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- Abundance
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the University of Tasmania through the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/
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- Other constraints
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- Other constraints
- Please contact the researcher when accessing the dataset.
Associated resource
- Title
- Abundance and distribution of coastal inshore zooplankton in the Huon Estuary and D'Entrecasteaux Channel Tasmania 2004 to 2005
- Date (Creation)
- 2011-11-15T00:00:00
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Supplemental Information
- Richardson, A.J., McKinnon, A.D. and Swadling, K.M. (2009) Chapter 13: Zooplankton. In Report Card of Marine Climate Change for Australia; detailed scientific assessment, NCCARF Publication 05/09, ISBN 978-1-921609-03-9. Volkman, J.K., Thompson, P., Herzfeld, M., Wild-Allen, K., Blackburn, S., Macleod, C., Swadling, K., Foster, S., Bonham, P. Holdsworth, D., Clementson, L., Skerratt, J. Rosebrock, U., Andrewartha, J. and Revill, A. (2009) A whole-of-ecosystem assessment of environmental issues for salmonid aquaculture. Aquafin CRC Project 4.2(2) (FRDC Project No. 2004/074) 197 pp. Swadling K.M., Macleod, C.K., Foster, S. and Slotwinski, A.S. (2008) Zooplankton in the Huon Estuary and D’Entrecasteaux Channel: community structure, trophic relationships and role in biogeochemical cycling. Technical Report, Aquafin CRC Project 4.2(2) (FRDC Project No. 2004/074), 25 pp Revill, A.T., Holdsworth, D.G., Volkman, J.K. and Swadling, K.M. (2008) Fluxes of organic matter and lipids to sediments in the Huon estuary. Technical Report, Aquafin CRC Project 4.2(2) (FRDC Project No. 2004/074), 38 pp. Holdsworth, D.G., Revill, A.T., Volkman J.K. and Swadling, K.M. (2008) Lipids in sediment traps and sediments from North West Bay, Tasmania. Technical Report, Aquafin CRC Project 4.2(2) (FRDC Project No. 2004/074), 25 pp.
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
- Name
- Abundance
- Name
- Number per m3
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- Microsoft Excel (xls)
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- DATA ACCESS - Huon zooplankton August 2005 [direct download]
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Zooplankton were sampled monthly at 4 – 5 sites from November 2004 to October 2005. Five sites were usually sampled, except in cases where weather conditions precluded sampling site 10. A dual Bongo net (mesh size 200 m and mouth diameter 0.75 m) was towed at 3 knots for 3 minutes. The net was deployed to 20 m. After the tow the nets were washed thoroughly with sea water and the catch collected in the closed cod-end. The zooplankton were preserved with 10% formaldehyde and stored until sorted. A flow meter (General Oceanics) attached to the net enabled the determination of the amount of water filtered through the net and thus zooplankton abundance could be expressed on a per m3 basis.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 77a82921-df82-4778-8b05-c0ae72ffc87c
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/77a82921-df82-4778-8b05-c0ae72ffc87c
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2018-12-17T15:45:53
- Date info (Revision)
- 2018-12-17T15:45:53
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
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