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Biol. Bull. 204: 68-80. (February 2003)
© 2003 Marine Biological Laboratory

Collection and Culture Techniques for Gelatinous Zooplankton

Kevin A. Raskoff1,*, Freya A. Sommer2, William M. Hamner3 and Katrina M. Cross4

1 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California 95039-9644
2 Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, California 93950-3094
3 University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1606
4 Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California 93940-1085

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kraskoff{at}mbari.org

Gelatinous zooplankton are the least understood of all planktonic animal groups. This is partly due to their fragility, which typically precludes the capture of intact specimens with nets or trawls. Specialized tools and techniques have been developed that allow researchers and aquarists to collect intact gelatinous animals at sea and to maintain many of these alive in the laboratory. This paper summarizes the scientific literature on the capture, collection, and culture of gelatinous zooplankton and incorporates many unpublished methods developed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in the past 15 years.




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