Zooplankton sampling in the coastal waters of south eastern Tasmania, Australia (2009-2015)

Zooplankton was counted and identified from three sites over the 5-year period. The net used (200 microm Bongo net) was designed to catch meso-zooplankton with an integrated vertical tow through the water column. One net from each of the paired Bongo samples was analysed and the data expressed as numbers per m3. Copepods dominated the zooplankton, with other groups such as salps, krill, appendicularians, cladocerans, chaetognaths and meroplanktonic larvae being seasonally dominant.本研究在为期5年的监测周期内，于3个采样点开展了浮游动物（zooplankton）的计数与种类鉴定工作。所用采样网具为200微米型邦戈网（Bongo net），该网具专为采集中型浮游动物（meso-zooplankton）设计，采用垂直积分拖网方式穿过水体水柱。研究对每组成对邦戈网采样样品中的一张滤网样品进行分析，最终数据以每立方米水体中的个体数为单位进行表达。桡足类（Copepods）为该浮游动物群落的优势类群，海樽（salps）、磷虾（krill）、尾海鞘类（appendicularians）、枝角类（cladocerans）、毛颚动物（chaetognaths）以及浮游幼体（meroplanktonic larvae）等其他类群则呈季节性优势分布。