RELEASE-2021

This data product contains the quality-controlled, native sampling resolution data and metadata from NEON's aquatic zooplankton metabarcoding sampling protocol, as well as associated metadata provided by a contracted lab. Field samples are collected in the water column of lakes using the most appropriate sampler (vertical tow net or Schindler trap) for the depth of water at the same time and location as morphological taxonomy samples, preserved in ethanol in the field, and shipped to a contracting lab for processing and sequencing. For additional details, see the user guide, protocols, and science design listed in the Documentation section in this data product's details webpage. Queries for this data product return a downloadable data package with laboratory methods and DNA extraction, PCR amplification, and sequencing metadata for samples from the queried sites and date range. Queries for the expanded package will also include a table containing links to the raw sequence data files. Some of the sequence data are also publicly available on the [Metagenomics Rapid Annotation using Subsystem Technology (MG-RAST)](http://metagenomics.anl.gov/) server. There may be lags between publication of metadata on the NEON data portal and availability of sequence data on the public sequence repository. Latency: The expected time from data and/or sample collection in the field to data publication is as follows, for each of the data tables (in days) in the downloaded data package. See the Data Product User Guide for more information. zoo_fieldData: 30 zoo_dnaExtraction: 240 zoo_markerGeneSequencing: 240 zoo_pcrAmplification: 240 zoo_dnaRawDataFiles: 240 zoo_metabarcodeTaxonomy: 240 inv_metabarcodeTaxonList: 240 inv_metabarcodeSummary: 240 inv_dnaExtractionStandard: 240 inv_markerGeneSequencingStandard: 240 inv_pcrAmplificationStandard: 240 inv_dnaRawDataFilesStandard: 240