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Kerguelen Axis salps and Thysanoessa macrura

Created 18/11/2025

Updated 18/11/2025

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Zooplankton were collected with a Rectangular Midwater Trawl (RMT 8+1 net) from 37 sampling sites on and near the Southern Kerguelen Plateau. The contents of each net were preserved in 5% buffered formaldehyde. This dataset covers the counts of the contents of the RMT8 net and includes the abundances for the euphausiid Thysanoessa macrura and the salp Salpa thompsoni. The contents were identified and counted under a Leica M165C stereo-microscope. A flow meter attached to the mouth of the RMT 8 was used to record the volume of seawater passing through the net. The count for Thysanoessa macrura includes the total of all developmental stages. For the salps abundances are shown for the 2 developmental phases - solitary individuals and aggregates.

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Title Kerguelen Axis salps and Thysanoessa macrura
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/f3eea1bf-d749-414e-9e5e-2f394bb2ad47
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 23/01/2016 - 16/02/2016
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Kerguelen Axis salps and Thysanoessa macrura". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/kerguelen-axis-salps-and-thysanoessa-macrura1