Faecal pellet production of copepoda collected in water depth up to 20 meters in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in March and April 2008 during SES_GR1

The SES_GR1-Mesozooplankton faecal pellet production rates dataset is based on samples taken during April 2008 in the North-Eastern Aegean Sea. Mesozooplankton is collected by vertical tows within the Black sea water body mass layer in 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 are counted and measured using an inverted microscope. Animals are scanned and counted using an image analysis system. […]SES_GR1-中型浮游动物（Mesozooplankton）粪便颗粒产率数据集基于2008年4月在爱琴海东北部采集的样本构建。研究人员于该区域的黑海水团层内，采用搭载10升大容量非过滤式网囊（cod-end）的WP-2型200微米浮游生物网开展垂直拖网，采集中型浮游动物；随后使用2000微米网去除其中的大型浮游动物（Macrozooplankton）。将约100只未分拣的浮游动物置于多个250毫升玻璃烧杯中，烧杯内盛有经GF/F滤膜或0.2微米Nucleopore滤膜过滤的海水，且在烧杯底部上方1厘米处放置100微米滤网。将烧杯置于自然光照射的培养箱内，维持原位环境温度。1小时后，将粪便颗粒与浮游动物分离，转移至单独烧瓶中并用福尔马林（formalin）固定。使用倒置显微镜对粪便颗粒进行计数与尺寸测量，通过图像分析系统对浮游动物完成扫描与计数。[…]