Instrument: Meter Net
Dataset:
Instrument:
Instrument Short Name: Meter Net
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/22/)
Instrument Description:
A meter net is a plankton net with a one meter diameter opening and a mesh size of .333 mm, towed horizontally, obliquely or vertically, also known as a Ring Net.
PI supplied instrument name: meter net
Dataset-specific description
1M (mouth opening) 5M length 200 µm mesh cone plankton net equipped with a filtering (202 µm mesh) cod-end. The mouth of the net was mounted in a swivel towing frame that allowed the opening of the net to track the water current. A mechanical flow meter (General Oceanics Part# 2030RC) was mounted in the center of the net.