Copepod Abundance in Albatross Bay

Biological and physical data collected from plankton samples collected from Albatross Bay. The samples were worked on as part of preliminary analysis. The analysis occurred 20 November to 15 December 1989. The biomass and species composition of tropical zooplankton in Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia, were examined monthly for three years between March 1986 and March 1988. Zooplankton taxonomic groups were identified to species level where possible, with a primary focus on copepods. Data is stored as mean number of individuals per site. Sampling occurred across 5 sites (Site 1 = Inshore, Site 5 = Offshore, Sites progressed westward). Temperature and salinity were also recorded for many samples. This data has been produced by CSIRO for the National Oceans Office, as part of an ongoing commitment to natural resource planning and management through the 'National Marine Bioregionalisation' project.

本数据集源自从澳大利亚阿尔巴特罗斯湾（Albatross Bay）采集的浮游生物样本，包含相关生物学与物理学数据。上述样本曾作为初步分析的组成部分开展处理工作，对应的分析时段为1989年11月20日至12月15日。1986年3月至1988年3月的三年间，研究人员每月对位于澳大利亚北部卡奔塔利亚湾（Gulf of Carpentaria）的阿尔巴特罗斯湾内的热带浮游动物生物量与物种组成开展了调查。在条件允许的前提下，浮游动物分类类群可鉴定至物种水平，研究以桡足类（copepods）为核心关注类群。数据以各采样位点的平均个体数进行存储，本次采样共设置5个站点（站点1为近岸生境，站点5为远岸生境，其余站点自东向西依次布设）。多数采样样本同时记录了水体温度与盐度数据。本数据集由澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）为国家海洋办公室（National Oceans Office）制作，作为其依托“国家海洋生物区划”（National Marine Bioregionalisation）项目推进自然资源规划与管理的长期工作的一部分。