Faecal pellet production of copepoda collected in water depth up to 100 meters in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in March and April 2008 during SES_GR1@en

The SES_UNLUATA_GR1-Mesozooplankton faecal pellet production rates dataset is based on samples taken during March and April 2008 in the Northern Libyan Sea, Southern Aegean Sea and in the North-Eastern Aegean Sea. Mesozooplankton is collected by vertical tows within the 0-100 m layer or within the Black sea water body mass layer in the case of the NE Aegean, using a WP-2 200 µm net equipped with a large non-filtering cod-end (10 l). Macrozooplankton organisms are removed using a 2000 µm net. A few unsorted animals (approximately 100) are placed inside several glass beaker of 250 ml filled with GF/F or 0.2 µm Nucleopore filtered seawater and with a 100 µm net placed 1 cm above the beaker bottom. Beakers are then placed in an incubator at natural light and maintaining the in situ temperature. After 1 hour pellets are separated from animals and placed in separated flasks and preserved with formalin. Pellets and are counted and measured using an inverted microscope. Animals are scanned and counted using an image analysis system. […]SES_UNLUATA_GR1-中型浮游动物（Mesozooplankton）粪便颗粒产率数据集，基于2008年3月至4月在利比亚北部海域、爱琴海南部及爱琴海东北部海域采集的样品构建。采样过程中，使用配备10升无过滤网囊（cod-end）的WP-2型200微米浮游生物网，在0-100米水层开展垂直拖网采集中型浮游动物；针对爱琴海东北部海域，则在黑海水团层内进行采样。随后利用2000微米孔径网去除大型浮游动物（Macrozooplankton）。取约100只未分拣的实验动物，放入数个盛有GF/F滤膜或0.2微米Nucleopore滤膜过滤海水的250毫升玻璃烧杯中，并在烧杯底部上方1厘米处放置100微米孔径滤网。将烧杯置于自然光环境下的培养箱中，维持原位水温。1小时后，将粪便颗粒与实验动物分离，转移至独立烧瓶并用福尔马林固定。通过倒置显微镜对粪便颗粒进行计数与尺寸测量，借助图像分析系统扫描并计数实验动物。[…]