Instrument: Neuston Net

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Neuston Net

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Description

Neuston Nets are nets that collect zooplankton that live in the top few centimeters of the sea surface (the neuston layer). This specialized net has a rectangular mouth opening usually 2 or 3 times as wide as deep, i.e. 1 meter by 1/2 meter or 60 cm by 20 cm, with sometimes hollow piping construction to aid in flotation. They are generally towed half submerged at 1-2 kts from the side of the vessel on a boom to avoid the ship's wake.

Datasets

Dataset Name	Brief Description
Glaucus atlanticus sample voucher log	Glaucus atlanticus sample locations, museum voucher and GenBank accession numbers
Ichthyoplankton Density - Neuston	Ichthyoplankton density and plankton displacement volume data collected during the NSF RAPID Plankton Cruises using NOAA SEAMAP Neuston Plankton Nets
neuston	neuston from salmon trawl cruise
Sample locations of neustonic nudibranch Glaucus spp.	Location data for genetic samples of nudibranch Glaucus atlanticus from global gyre systems
Zooplankton Abundance	Abundance of zooplankton identified by major taxa
Zooplankton Biomass	Size-fractionated zooplankton biomass in upper 150m or 500m
Zooplankton Gut Fluorescence	Size-fractionated zooplankton gut fluorescence for determination of grazing

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Instrument: Neuston Net