BORNHOLM MONITORING DATA: Mesozooplankton

1.) General description of the data set:

Data sets of mesozooplankton abundances (N/m³) and biomass (mg/m³) of the Baltic Sea from German, Swedish and Polish monitorings. Sampling with WP-2 and mesh size of 0.1 mm in accordance to HELCOM Monitoring and Assessment program (HELCOM, 1988, 2005).

2.) Created:

?

3.) Last update:

2006

4.) Keywords:

Bornholm Basin, Monitoring, Zooplankton

5.) Area:

Bornholm Basin

6.) Spatial extension:

Latitude: 55.25N

Longitude: 16.0E

Depth:

7.) Spatial resolution:

Horizontally: 1 station

Vertically: range of max. sampling depth: 10 - 130 m / number of sampled depth strata: 1 - 4

8.) Time window:

05/1979 - 11/2006

9.) Temporal resolution:

Almost for every year seasonal sampling / main sampling months: March, May, Aug, Nov /

1-6 samplings per season

10.) Data:

Mesozooplankton abundances (N/m³) and biomass (mg/m³)

11.) Reference to other data sets:

no

12.) Data quality (degree of validation):

Validated by IHF

13.) Where to find the data?

Data centre of IOW, at IHF

14.) Contact person:

Lutz Postel

Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde

Seestrasse 15, D-18119 Rostock, Germany

Email:lutz.postel@io-warnemuende.de

Saskia Otto

Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science

Hamburg University

Gr. Elbstr. 133, D-22767 Hamburg, Germany

Email: Saskia.Otto@uni-hamburg.de