Zooplankton and Hydrology of South-Eastern Tasmania Coastal Waters, 1971-1972

Zooplankton samples from three stations in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Derwent River mouth, and Storm Bay areas were collected monthly over twelve months during 1971-1972. Surface, midwater, and bottom samples were taken via horizontal tows during both day and night. The Australian Ocean Data Network provides accompanying temperature and salinity data from the same stations.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal zooplankton abundance patterns based on monthly sampling over a year.
• Model relationships between zooplankton distribution and environmental factors like temperature and salinity.
• Compare diurnal and nocturnal zooplankton communities based on day and night sampling.
• Study vertical distribution of zooplankton in the water column based on surface, midwater, and bottom samples.

Strengths

• Data collection spanned a full annual cycle with monthly sampling over twelve months.
• Sampling covered three distinct geographic stations and three depth levels (surface, midwater, bottom).
• Includes paired biological (zooplankton) and physical (temperature, salinity) data from the same stations.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing on three specific Tasmanian locations.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Samples collected using horizontal tows from research vessels.

Time Range

1971-1972

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-22 02:09:10.303276; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Inshore coastal waters of south-eastern Tasmania, specifically D'Entrecasteaux Channel, mouth of the Derwent River, and Storm Bay.