Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Zooplankton community structure in Nearshore waters of the Great Barrier Reef. (2000 - 2002)

A study of zooplankton from 10 stations located in nearshore waters adjacent to two catchments (one near-pristine - Princess Charlotte Bay, and the other intensely farmed - Innisfail) of the Great Barrier Reef. CTD casts were made through the water column at each station for salinity and temperature data. Water samples for chlorophyll a were made. Environmental variables include day and night, location and date (can allocate season, year). Mesozooplankton community structure and biomass were sampled by triplicate bottom to surface plankton hauls. Half of each sample was analysed for community composition (65 zooplankton taxa found) and the other for DW biomass estimates based on size (73-150m, 150-350m, >350m). Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). This dataset was sourced on July 2018 from the original DiGIR dataset at OBIS and updated to reflect changes in the OBIS data requirements.

本数据集依托一项针对大堡礁（Great Barrier Reef）两处集水区邻近近岸海域10个采样站点的浮游动物研究构建，其中一处集水区为近乎原始的夏洛特公主湾（Princess Charlotte Bay），另一处为高强度养殖区因尼斯费尔（Innisfail）。在每个采样站点，通过全水柱投放温盐深剖面仪（Conductivity-Temperature-Depth, CTD）获取盐度与温度数据，并采集了叶绿素a（chlorophyll a）分析用水样。环境变量涵盖昼夜时段、采样位置与采样日期，可进一步划分季节与年份。采用三次重复的底表往返浮游生物拖网采样，获取中型浮游动物的群落结构与生物量数据。每份样品分为两部分：一半用于群落组成分析，共鉴定出65个浮游动物类群；另一半基于粒径分级（73~150μm、150~350μm、>350μm）进行干重（Dry Weight, DW）生物量估算。所有类群均已匹配至世界海洋物种登记册（World Register of Marine Species, WoRMS）。本数据集于2018年7月从海洋生物多样性信息系统（Ocean Biodiversity Information System, OBIS）中的原始DiGIR数据集获取，并根据OBIS最新的数据要求完成了更新。