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Aurora Australis Voyage 7.2 (HIMS) 1989-90 Heard Island Zooplankton Data

Australian Antarctic Data Centre
HOSIE, GRAHAM
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This dataset contains the data from Voyage 7.2 1989-90 of the Aurora Australis. The observations were taken from around Heard Island between May and June 1990. The objective of the zooplankton program was to determine the composition, distribution and abundance of zooplankton with the Heard Island-Kerguelen area, thus providing information of food availability to planktivorous fish. Surveys of krill and other zooplankton were made to obtain species identity and abundance data, length and age. Euphausia valentini and Themisto gaudichaudi were found to be the dominant species in the region. Other major species included the euphausiid Thysanoessa, the copepod Rhincalanus gigas and chaetognaths of the genus Sagitta. This dataset is a subset of the full cruise.

Issued: 1999-10-07

Data time period: 1990-05-22 to 1990-06-24

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AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | BIOMASS DYNAMICS | BIOSPHERE | CPR > Continuous Plankton Recorder | EARTH SCIENCE | ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS | ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS | GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS | OCEAN ACOUSTICS | OCEANS | PLANKTON | POPULATION DYNAMICS | R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis | SHIPS | SPECIES LIFE HISTORY | SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS | TRAWL | ZOOPLANKTON | biota | oceans |

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