Concept information
Preferred term
PLANKTON NETS
Definition
- A plankton net is a device for concentrating small marine organisms for closer examination. The small organisms collected in a plankton tow will be plants and animals that go unnoticed by most people. A microscope is needed to identify many of these organisms, but you see can see some of the larger zooplankton with your naked eye, and even better with a magnifying glass. A net with very fine mesh is used in the plankton net because many of these tiny organisms would pass through an ordinary dip net. The plankton net is essentially a cloth funnel that allows water to pass through, but retains the living organisms. The collected organisms will be found in the small glass or plastic bottle found at the bottom of the net. Additional information available at "http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/G_Bay/Ecosystem/Plankton/plankton_net.html" [Summary provided by the Rhode Island Sea Grant] (en)
Broader concept
- Trawls/Nets (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/4dc13375-a2a4-40ed-a556-51e887438769
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