Zooplankton of the ponds of Mont Saint Hilaire

Submitted by melanie.leblanc on Thu, 08/21/2014 - 11:45

Overview

Zooplankton community composition and abundance data, water chemistry, morphometry, spatial characteristics

Data holder(s)

Data collector(s)

  • Patrick Thompson
Funding source(s)
NSERC
Dataset format
Excel spreadsheets
Additional information
This is part of a PhD project. 1st year of data.

Site Details

Number of sites
26
Site description
Ponds situated on Mont St Hilaire, SW Quebec.
Environment
Aquatic

Biology

Taxa studied
Crustacean zooplankton
Taxonomic information
Crustaceans

Study Details

Study design
Survey of the crustacean zooplankton biodiversity in the ponds of Mont St Hilaire.
Study status
Ongoing
Sampling approaches
Direct visual observation (e.g. fieldwork)
Study goals
Community level (e.g. richness, distribution, composition), Ecosystem level
Frequency of sampling
Single snapshot survey
First year of data collection
2011
Last year of data collection
2012