Mesozooplankton (down to ~300µm size) and macrozooplankton abundance data
gathered as part of an ongoing annual autumn pelagic survey in the English
Channel, Celtic Sea and Bristol Channel, with data currently available from
2017-2022. Samples were obtained using twin ringnet deployments at set
stations and subsequently processed back at the lab using ZooScan image
analysis. Count abundances from semi-automatic image classifications on
EcoTaxa are then converted into abundances per m3 using estimates of
filtered volume from flowmeter readings. The current dataset comprises
zooplankton results specifically from the PELTIC (Integrated Pelagic ecosystem
survey in the Western Channel and Celtic Sea) survey series, which has
expanded the collection of pelagic data from the core regions sampled in the
POSEIDON survey series which ran between 2012-2016.
