Instrument: Mechanical Flowmeter

Dataset: 
Instrument Short Name: Mechanical Flowmeter
Instrument Description:

Manufactured by General Oceanics, a mechanical flow meter is used with plankton tows to determine the volume of water which flows through the net. Flow meters are also used in rivers, estuaries, canals, sewer outfalls, pipes, and harbor entrances to determine water velocity and flow distance information.

PI supplied instrument name: Mechanical Flowmeter
Dataset-specific description

A General Oceanics flowmeter mounted at the mouth of the net and a filtering cod end (mesh size 0.2 mm).