Instrument: Phytoplankton Net

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

A Phytoplankton Net is a generic term for a sampling net having mesh size of 150 microns or less that is used to collect phytoplankton. It is used only when detailed instrument documentation is not available.

PI supplied instrument name: Phytoplankton Net
Dataset-specific description

During the first decade, dominant copepods (Acartia spp.) were collected at the same sample site in approximately 6 week intervals by net tows (153 µm nylon mesh net, diameter 30 cm, length 150 cm

Samples are collected using a  0.5 m zooplankton net (153 μm) fitted with a TSK flowmeter for ctenophores and jellies