Zooplankton biomass and density collected from small boats in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron in the Great Lakes region from 2009-04-23 to 2010-11-10 (NCEI Accession 0256761)

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NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) samples and studies the ecosystem of the lower food web of the Laurentian Great Lakes. This collection contains zooplankton biomass and density data at 5 stations during the open water season in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron from 2009-2010. Zooplankton density is given in the number of organisms per cubic meter and biomass is given in milligrams per cubic meter. File formats included in this data package are .csv and jpg.

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title	Zooplankton biomass and density collected from small boats in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron in the Great Lakes region from 2009-04-23 to 2010-11-10 (NCEI Accession 0256761)