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Design of a rapid-sampling vertical-tow net

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Design and operation of a new sampler for zooplankton are described. The sampler facilitates reliable duplicate samples; it can be closed at a defined depth during vertical towing, and can be rapidly reloaded for repeated tows.

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  1. H. -W. Honegger

    Present address: Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Postfach 7733, D-7750, Konstanz, Germany (FRG)

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  1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, California, USA

    D. M. Brown & H. -W. Honegger

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Communicated by O. Kinne, Hamburg

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Brown, D.M., Honegger, H.W. Design of a rapid-sampling vertical-tow net. Mar. Biol. 45, 93–95 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00388980

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