*Data file(s): PV29zoo.csv, PV29jud.csv

*Format: zooplankton sample file format of the DARWIN INITIATIVE PROJECT.

*Ship (station) name:  R/V Professor Vodyanitsky (IBSS, Ukraine).

*Expedition: cruise number 29, October 1989 - December 1989.

*Parameters: SampleID - up to 10-character unique sample identifier;
   Species - taxanomic name of species; Stage - life history or sex;
   Count - number of specimens in sample;
   N/m3 - abundance or concentration (number per cubic meter) in m-3;
   B/m3 - biomass or concentration (wet weight per cubic meter) in mg/m-3;
   AvSize - average length in mm;
   AvWeight - average wet weight of specimens in mg.

*Instruments and  methods:  Mesozooplankton was sampled by open-closing
JUDAY net with a 36 cm ring diameter and mesh sizes of 125 mkm.
The Nansen mechanical lock system was used.
Depth of tow was evaluated by wire paid out and the angle of wire  inclination.
The 10-20 ml samples were preserved in 3-4% buffered formaldehyde and
processed on return to the laboratory. All of copepods were identified
to genus level, other taxanomic groups - to type, class, order and family
levels. Individual weight of organisms was calculated from measurements of
body length using the so-called Tables of Standard Weights (Kanaeva, 1962;
Shmeleva, 1963; Kryilov, 1968; Gruzov, Alexeeva, 1970) or nomograms relating
the length and a typical body shape with the weight of animals (Chislenko 1968).

*Accuracy: The error of the depth determination is approximately 0.5 m.

*Processing (if applied):

*Principal investigator(s): I.Yu. Tamoikin (IBSS, Ukraine).

*Digitization: single entry at the IBSS (Sevastopol, Ukraine).

*Remarks:

*Completed by: T. Melnik, V. Nikolsky, G. Piontkovskaya, E. Popova, (IBSS, Ukraine).

*Date: 31.03.2001.

*Source of data: IBSS, Ukraine
