Mesozooplankton average length during Professor Vodyanitskiy cruise PV5, Part III@en

Mesozooplankton was sampled by open-closing JUDAY net with a 36 cm ring diameter and mesh size of 125 µm. Additionally, the JUDAY oceanic model JOM with 300 µm mesh size and 80 cm ring diameter was used. The open-closing mechanism used was the Nansen mechanical lock system allowing nets to be vertically towed through standard depths (0-10, 10-25, 25-50, 50-100, 100-200, 200-300, 300-500 m) and closed at the upper depth level. Depth of tow was evaluated by wire paid out and the angle of wire inclination. The 10-20 ml samples were preserved in 3-4% buffered formaldehyde and processed on return to the laboratory. All of copepods were identified to genus level, other taxanomic groups - to type, class, order and family levels.

中型浮游动物（Mesozooplankton）采用环径36厘米、网目尺寸125微米的开闭式JUDAY网进行采集。此外，本研究还使用了网目尺寸300微米、环径80厘米的JUDAY海洋模式JOM。该网具采用南森机械锁定系统作为开闭机构，可将网具垂直拖曳通过各标准水层（0~10米、10~25米、25~50米、50~100米、100~200米、200~300米、300~500米），并在上层水层处关闭。拖曳水深通过放出的缆绳长度与缆绳倾角进行估算。采集得到的10~20毫升样品使用3%~4%的缓冲甲醛溶液进行固定，并在返回实验室后进行处理。所有桡足类均鉴定至属级分类阶元，其余分类类群则鉴定至型、纲、目、科级分类阶元。