Abstract:

This dataset accompanies specifications for zooplankton tows at eight stations on five dates (2018-06-07; 2018-07-06; 2018-08-01; 2018-07-31; 2018-09-07) in summer 2018 in western Mississippi Sound.

Suggested Citation:

Rakocinski, Chet. 2020. Zooplankton abundance tow during the summer of 2018 in western Mississippi Sound. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/EHMWYY6E

Publications:

Morgan, L. M., & Rakocinski, C. F. (2022). Predominant factors limiting the recovery of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in western Mississippi Sound, USA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 264, 107652. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107652

Purpose:

To accompany oyster plankton sample abundance information from the western Mississippi Sound.

Data Parameters and Units:

Site= Site of Collection; Date= Year-Month-Day; Year= Year of Collection; Month= Month of Collection; Day= Day of Collection; Latitude= Decimal Degrees NS; Longitude= Decimal Degrees EW; Replicate= Sample tow of two per site-event; MonthSeq= Ordinal sequence for Month of sample; SiteNum= Numerical Designation for Site; Tow Sample= tow of two per site-event; Subject Unique= site-date-tow numbers; Minutes= number of minutes for sample tow; Distance= tow distance in meters; Speed= tow speed in cm/sec; Volume= volume sampled in cubic meters; Num_Dstg= Estimated Number of D-stage larvae; Num_Vlgr= Estimated Number of veliger larvae; TotNLarv= Estimated total number of oyster larvae; DstgDens= Density of D-stage larvae per cubic meter; VlgrDens= Density of Veliger larvae per cubic meter; TotNDens= Total density of oyster larvae per cubic meter; DstgMint= Number of D-stage larvae per tow minute; VlgrMint= Number of veliger larvae per tow minute; TotNMint= Number of oyster larvae per tow minute; LogDDens= log10 of (DstgDens + 1); LogVDens= log10 of (VlgrDens + 1)

Instruments:

Oceanics™ Model 2030R flowmeter

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