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SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of zooplankton in Sweden since 1979
Citation
Stockholm University, Umeå University, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Gothenburg University, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management and Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (2022). SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of zooplankton in Sweden since 1979 https://doi.org/10.15468/edkb5r
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Availability: CC0 To the extent possible under law, the person who associated CC0 with this dataset has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset.

Description
The national monitoring program was initiated by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and is now financed by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. Monitoring is performed by Stockholm University, Umeå University, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute and Gothenburg University. Data are stored in the Swedish Ocean Archive (SHARK) by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI). more

Data should be sampled and analyzed according to the HELCOM COMBINE Manual - Part C Annex C7 Mesozooplankton (https://helcom.fi/media/publications/Guidelines-for-monitoring-of-mesozooplankton.pdf). However, deviations from the manual might occur. Information about the program and the methods are available in Swedish at the website of Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, https://www.havochvatten.se/vagledning-foreskrifter-och-lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/undersokningstyper-for-miljoovervakning/undersokningstyper/djurplankton-trend--och-omradesovervakning.html Sampling Methods Samples are taken with vertical hauls using a WP-2 net. The samples are preserved and subsequently analyzed using microscopy.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Long-term monitoring, ANE, Baltic, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Appendicularia, Bivalvia, Branchiopoda, Hexanauplia

Geographical coverage
ANE, Baltic [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 10,5133; MinLat: 54,9733 - MaxLong: 23,2427; MaxLat: 65,7342 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
5 June 1979 - 16 December 2020

Taxonomic coverage
Appendicularia [WoRMS]
Bivalvia [WoRMS]
Branchiopoda [WoRMS]
Hexanauplia [WoRMS]

Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Depth (spatial coordinate) maximum relative to water surface in the water body [BODC]

Contributors
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Managementdata creator
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)data creator

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
SHARK: Marine biological data of Sweden
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
(Partly) included in:
Neural network modelling of Baltic zooplankton abundances


Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2010-07-08
Information last updated: 2022-05-03
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