c2b7ed0e30dcfe92635bc5f05bb650b0 English f040ed17d682dd1542504a2bd1086601 dataset Matt Arnold DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data matarn@mba.ac.uk pointOfContact 2016-12-05 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 1984-1986 T.G. Skinner Solway Firth Occurrence of some prominent zooplankton 2016-12-05 publication DASSHDT00000313 http://www.dassh.ac.uk Five surveys were carried out by T.G. Skinner in the Solway Firth Areas. Surveys were carried out with plankton nets and a count of the species captured was carried out. This survey is the third survey and is documented in the following three papers: The Seasonal Occurence of Some Prominent Zooplankton Species in Rough Firth between March 1984 to March 1986. I. Scyphomedusae (Glasg. Nat. 22 Part 5: 471-484 (1995)), The Seasonal Occurence of Some Prominent Zooplankton Species in Rough Firth. II. Chaetognatha (Glasg. Nat. 22 Part 5: 479-484 (1995)), and The Seaonal Occurence of Some Prominent Species in Rough Firth. III. Decapod Larvae. (Glasg. Nat. 23. Part 1: 51-56 (1996)). Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk originator Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk custodian notPlanned Delimited Documents Marine Environmental Data and Information Network NDGO0005 Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Plankton abundance per unit volume of the water column SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision DASSH terms and conditions apply otherRestrictions DASSH terms and conditions apply English biota Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Irish Sea International Hydrographic Bureau, Limits of Oceans and Seas 1954-01-01 creation Irish Sea and St. George's Channel SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision water column ICES Statistical Areas 2014-05-16 creation VIIa -3.8856 -3.7002 54.8125 54.8825 1984-03-01 1986-11-30 Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor dataset Weekly samples were taken over a two year period from March 1984 to March 1986 using a 0.5mm diameter plankton net to mesh size 287 micron which was towed behind a dinghy in the same sample area as described in a previous report (Skinner, 1984: from the Rockcliffe shore to Rough Island and back). On each occasion two samples were taken at around high water, one sample being preserved immediately, the other taken home for examination live. Any ephyrae present in the latter were picked out, anaesthetised in an isotonic 7.5% solution of magnesium chloride, then fixed and preserved in 4-5% formalin. All tows were horizontal, just below the surface. The total towing time on each occasion was about 23 min, and the total distance towed just under 1km. Identifications were made with aid of Russell (1970). Normenclature is that of the Marine Biological Assocation (1957).