Instrument: Plankton Net

Dataset: 
Trichodesmium_AE1409
Instrument: 
Plankton Net
Instrument Short Name: Plankton Net
Community Standard Description
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/22/)
Instrument Description:

A Plankton Net is a generic term for a sampling net that is used to collect plankton. It is used only when detailed instrument documentation is not available.

PI supplied instrument name: net
Dataset-specific description

Trichodesmium colonies were collected with surface water net tows along a cruise transect in the western North Atlantic aboard the R/V Atlantic Explorer (AE1409) during May 2014. Sampling occurred at the same time each day (~7:30-8:30 am) using nets with a mesh size of 130 μm. Nets were deployed and hauled through the surface water column 6 times before recovery.