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National Reference Station - Zooplankton Sampling

Australian Ocean Data Network
CSIRO O&A, Information & Data Centre (Point of contact) Davies, Claire (Point of contact)
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The depth of the sample varies at each station. 3 zooplankton samples are taken each month. 2 are fixed in formalin and will be analysed as described below. The unfixed sample is concentrated and frozen (-80oC)and will be used for molecular analysis in the future. The Port Hacking 4 (PH4) samples (2002 - Jan 2009) were sampled using a smaller net, 20 cm diameter, which sampled on the way up and down. The PH4 site is very close to the Port Hacking national reference station (PHB) where samples are now taken to build up and enhance the time series. The plankton ecology lab (based in Queensland) will analyse the samples collected for: 1. Community composition (Taxon/m3) 2. Biomass (dry weight in mg/m3) 3. Size spectrum analysis using zooscan (in progress). Data storage and access is planned to be interoperable with other national and international programs through the IMOS Infrastructure. Station metadata can be found through this resource. Data is available freely via the AODN portal: https://portal.aodn.org.au. Station metadata can be found through this resource.Progress Code: onGoingMaintenance and Update Frequency: asNeededStatement: Data sampling is being conducted as part of a larger IMOS monitoring program. The zooplankton samples are analysed at the Plankton Ecology Lab at CSIRO O&A, Dutton Park, Qld. The samples are concentrated down to 100 ml in a measuring cylinder. A subsample (1 ml, 2.5 ml or 5 ml) is taken from the 100 ml concentrate using a stempel pipette. The sub sample is analysed to the lowest taxa possible. For each sample 100 adult copepods and 500 total zooplanktons must be counted. If these conditions are not met by the first sub sample analysis, a second sub sample is analysed. This continues until the two conditions are met. 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Regular monthly zooplankton samples are undertaken at the stations as part of a larger water sampling program by the National Reference Stations. In total nine stations are sampled regularly around the Australian coastline. Sampling is conducted monthly (Esperance and Ningaloo 3 monthly) off small vessels at each of the nine reference stations. The sampling is conducted using a drop net (as per the design of Heron) which has a 60 cm diameter, 100 micron mesh and is weighted to fall at 1 m/s. The net is designed to pull closed at the end of its fall so that it samples on the way down and does not sample on the way up. The depth of the sample varies at each station. 3 zooplankton samples are taken each month. 2 are fixed in formalin and will be analysed as described below. The unfixed sample is concentrated and frozen (-80oC)and will be used for molecular analysis in the future. The Port Hacking 4 (PH4) samples (2002 - Jan 2009) were sampled using a smaller net, 20 cm diameter, which sampled on the way up and down. The PH4 site is very close to the Port Hacking national reference station (PHB) where samples are now taken to build up and enhance the time series. The plankton ecology lab (based in Queensland) will analyse the samples collected for: 1. Community composition (Taxon/m3) 2. Biomass (dry weight in mg/m3) 3. Size spectrum analysis using zooscan (in progress). Data storage and access is planned to be interoperable with other national and international programs through the IMOS Infrastructure. Station metadata can be found through this resource. Data is available freely via the AODN portal: https://portal.aodn.org.au.
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Progress Code: onGoing
Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded
Statement: Data sampling is being conducted as part of a larger IMOS monitoring program. The zooplankton samples are analysed at the Plankton Ecology Lab at CSIRO O&A, Dutton Park, Qld. The samples are concentrated down to 100 ml in a measuring cylinder. A subsample (1 ml, 2.5 ml or 5 ml) is taken from the 100 ml concentrate using a stempel pipette. The sub sample is analysed to the lowest taxa possible. For each sample 100 adult copepods and 500 total zooplanktons must be counted. If these conditions are not met by the first sub sample analysis, a second sub sample is analysed. This continues until the two conditions are met. These counts are then converted to taxa / m3 and the data area available through AODN portal: https://portal.aodn.org.au

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The project is funded by the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) and falls within the Coastal Monitoring Network Facility. Each NRS collects its own zooplankton samples and sends them to the CSIRO O&A Dutton Park laboratories for analysis.
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A. Richardson
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F. Coman
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C. Davies
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A. Slotwinski
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M.Tonks
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F. McEnnulty
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J Uribe-Palomino

Data time period: 2008-09-01

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Alkalinity | AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | Bacteria/Archaea | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | BIOSPHERE | Boats and Small Vessels | CMAR Marine Plankton | Coastal Habitat | Coastal Waters (Australia) | Northern Territory Coast, NT | Coastal Waters (Australia) | South Australia Coast, SA | Coastal Waters (Australia) | Tasmania Coast East and Southeast, TAS | Coastal Waters (Australia) | West Australia Coast South, WA | Coastal Waters (Australia) | West Australia Coast, WA | EARTH SCIENCE | Fluorescence | Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean | Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean | Inorganic Carbon | Microalgae | Marine Features (Australia) | Australian North West Shelf, WA | Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait, TAS/VIC | Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA | Marine Features (Australia) | Great Barrier Reef, QLD | Marine Features (Australia) | Moreton Bay, QLD | Marine Features (Australia) | Port Hacking, NSW | OCEAN CHEMISTRY | OCEAN OPTICS | OCEAN TEMPERATURE | OCEANS | Optical Microscopes | Pelagic Habitat | Phytoplankton | Plankton | PLANKTON | PLANTS | PROTISTS | Plankton Nets/Drop Nets | Salinity | SALINITY/DENSITY | Secchi Depth | Turbidity | Water Temperature | Zooplankton | Zooplankton Nets | biota | oceans |

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  • Local : Marlin Record Number: 8545
  • Local : Anzlic Identifier: ANZCW0306008545
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