Instrument: WP-2 Plankton Net

Dataset: 
WP2 net metadata - CGoA LTOP
Instrument: 
WP-2 Plankton Net
Instrument Short Name: WP-2
Community Standard Description
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/NETT0168/)
Instrument Description:

The WP-2 net is a variety of Ring Net for zooplankton but which is capable of being closed by means of a Nansen bottle-type release messenger weighing 0.8 kg and which can be equipped with a digital flow meter for determining the amount of water passing through the plankton net. The rings may have a variety of sizes (57cm, 70cm, 75 cm, or 1m internal diameter) and the nets which make up this device are in two parts, a cylindrical upper part and a conical lower part. The closing ring is between the two net segments. (more at KC Denmark)

PI supplied instrument name: WP-2 Plankton Net
Dataset-specific description

WP-2 net: vertical net tow to 100-m; 0.57-m diameter ring; 0.253-mm mesh; samples frozen for C and N isotope analysis.