Zooplankton Methodology Manual

The ICES Zooplankton Methodology Manual provides comprehensive coverage of modern techniques in zooplankton ecology. Chapters include sampling, acoustic and optical methods, estimation of feeding, growth, reproduction and metabolism, and up-to-date treatment of population genetics and modeling. This book will be a key reference work for marine scientists throughout the world.  Key features of the book include:

• Sampling and experimental design;
• Collecting zooplankton;
• Techniques for assessing biomass and abundance;
• Protozooplankton enumeration and biomass estimation;
• New optical and acoustic techniques for estimating zooplankton biomass and abundance;
• Methods for measuring zooplankton feeding, growth, reproduction and metabolism;
• Population genetic analysis of zooplankton;
• Modelling zooplankton dynamics.

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