5960dbbe-6a19-47d9-8e2a-3407211dd3b9 urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-11-17T04:07:47 creation ISO 19115 2016 Nella Dan: FIBEX Cruise - Zooplankton data 5960dbbe-6a19-47d9-8e2a-3407211dd3b9 This dataset contains results from the First International BIOMASS Experiment (FIBEX) cruise of the Nella Dan. It is the first cruise in a series of six designed to assess the distribution and abundance of krill, Euphausia superba. The FIBEX was an international programme co-ordinating the activities of 12 ships from 11 nations in the Southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Australia was responsible for surveying an area of the southern Indian Ocean south of 60 degrees and between 60 degrees and 90 degrees east longitude. Surveys of krill and other zooplankton were taken off Antarctica in the Australian sector (Mawson to Davis region) and Prydz Bay in January and March 1981. Species identity and abundance data were obtained. The major species investigated were Euphausia superba, Euphausia frigidia, Euphausia crystallorophias and Thysanoessa marcuria. Other pteropods and cephalopods were also studied. Physical and chemical oceanography data and phytoplankton samples were also obtained, as well as results from hydroacoustic surveys of krill biomass. Several files are available for download at the provided URL. They include excel spreadsheets on summarised data, catch composition data and station lists. Furthermore a pdf document of the report produced from the cruise is also available for download. The fields in this dataset are: Date Time (GMT) Type of Trawl Species Weight Number Latitude Longitude Haul Number Towing Speed (knots) Water Depth (metres) Sea Temperature Target Levels Net Open Time Net Close Time Ice Station Number Flowmeter Reading Towed Distance (nautical miles) Catch Weight (grams) Fishing Start Time Fishing End Time Trajectory Depth Range Top Depth Range Bottom Comments These data are also available via the biodiversity database at the provided URL. 61 taxa and 1,115 observations are present in the biodiversity database collection. {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[60.0, -70.0], [90.0, -70.0], [90.0, -60.0], [60.0, -60.0], [60.0, -70.0]]]} 60.0 90.0 -70.0 -60.0 AMD AMD/AU ANTABIF CAML > CENSUS OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIFE CEOS COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA Catch Weight Comments Date Depth Range Bottom Depth Range Top EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > EUPHA EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS > CEPHALOPODS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS > GASTROPODS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON EBA > Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic FIBEX Fishing End Time Fishing Start Time Flowmeter Reading GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR Haul Number IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR Ice Latitude Longitude Net Close Time Net Open Time Number OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN SCAR-MARBIN > SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network SHIPS Sea Temperature Species Station Number TRAWL Target Levels Time Towed Distance Towing Speed Trajectory Trawl Water Depth Weight krill zooplankton GET DATA > DIRECT DOWNLOAD documentDigital Download point for the data - Excel Spreadsheets HTML GET DATA documentDigital Access the data via the biodiversity database HTML VIEW RELATED INFORMATION > PUBLICATIONS documentDigital Download point for the data - PDF Document HTML VIEW RELATED INFORMATION documentDigital Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset. HTML Creative Commons by Attribution logo documentDigital PNG