Updated 2000-10-31
Monitoring of zooplankton in the Barents Sea with sections and area coverages.
This is not a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project
Time frame
- Status
- Ongoing
- Project time span
- 1979 -
- Data collection
- 1979 - 2000
- Data processing
- 1979 - 2000
- Data reporting
- 1979 - 2000
Data availability
- Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?
- no
- References to key publications (or planned publications) and data reports
- The yearly report of the Institute of Marine Research Bergen ,Norway, Miljørapporten; Fisken og Havet , Særnummer 1.
A special datareport is printed each year.
- Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?
- Yes
- Specimen banking information
Zooplankton samples are stored at the Institute. The samples are stored in formaldehyd
Methods & Procedures
- Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.
Zooplankton sampled with dipnets and Mocness-multinett plankton trawl. The material is splitted for preservation and biomass investigated.
Additional Information
- Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?
- No