Coastal Zooplankton Abundance in Tasmanian Estuaries, January 2005

From November 2004 to October 2005, mesozooplankton community composition was examined in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon Estuary, and North West Bay, Tasmania. The data represented by this record was collected on a single sampling trip on 21 January 2005. The dataset was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Model seasonal abundance patterns based on described higher summer/autumn and lower winter/spring abundances.
• Compare spatial community structure based on described differences between North West Bay, the Channel, and the Huon Estuary.
• Analyze contributions of major taxonomic groups like copepods, cladocerans, and appendicularians to total abundance.
• Study meroplanktonic larval dynamics based on described short-term peaks and long absences from the water column.

Strengths

• Data is part of a year-long study from November 2004 to October 2005, providing temporal context.
• Description provides specific ecological insights, such as copepods being the largest contributors to abundance across all seasons.
• Spatial coverage is explicitly defined across three distinct Tasmanian marine areas: D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon Estuary, and North West Bay.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• This record represents a single sampling date (21/01/2005) from the larger study period.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Sampling trip for mesozooplankton community examination.

Time Range

Sampling date: 21 January 2005. Study period: November 2004 to October 2005.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-18 19:28:17.927495; freshness should be verified.

Geography

D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon Estuary, and North West Bay, Tasmania, Australia.