Instrument: Reeve Net

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Instrument Short Name: Reeve Net
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/NETT0147/)
Instrument Description:

A Reeve Net is a conventional ring net with a very large acrylic cylindrical cod-end (30 liters) designed to collect fragile gelatinous animals. The net is lowered to a particular depth and then hauled slowly back to the surface (5-10 m/min). Reeve (1981) also described a double net system with no bridle and flotation at the net mouth that is attached to a roller mechanism that rides on a tow wire.
The roller system is locked in place by a pressure release device. Once below a set pressure, the roller
and nets are released and they float slowly up the wire, gently collecting the zooplankton, without being
influenced by the motion of the vessel and associated vertical wire movements. (from Wiebe and Benfield, 2003)

PI supplied instrument name: Reeve Net
Dataset-specific description

150 micron mesh.

The objective of Reeve net sampling was to gently collect live specimens to be sampled for culturing experiments. These trawls were short in duration and aimed to maximize pteropod catch.