Data · collection · 2002
Australian Institute of Marine Science – Zooplankton community composition of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
The composition of the zooplankton community in a macrotidal, tropical estuarine system (Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia) was studied over a 2 year period.
Description
In all, 32 copepod species were recorded, with small euryhaline marine copepod species such as Parvocalanus crassirostris, Bestiolina similis and Oithona aruensis dominating the zooplankton. Plankton abundances ranged between 30,000 and 110,000 m-3, and there were significant year, season and site differences.
Environmental variables were correlated with salinity, which had the strongest influence on community structure. There was a significant drop in species richness from harbour to river sites. To describe biodiversity and determine the environmental factors that have the greatest impact on community structure.
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Samantha Talbot (Duggan) Credit Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts (NRETA) Status completed: production of the data has been completed. Total Distribution Records: 550 Total Number of Taxa: 35 species, 19 genera
Links
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- View data on OBIS iobis.org/mapper/?dataset=1499 ↗
download · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- PROJECT HOME PAGE aims.gov.au/docs/research/water-quality/monitoring/darwin-harbour.html ↗
project · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214594333-SCIOPS.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214594333-SCIOPS.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Copepods · Plankton · PLANKTON NETS · SHIPS · Zooplankton
Provenance · 1 source records, 13 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1214594333-SCIOPS | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:plankton-nets | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/animals-invertebrates/arthropods/crustaceans/copepods | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/aquatic-ecosystems/plankton | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/aquatic-ecosystems/plankton/zooplankton | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:ships | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |