Note: Front Cover -- ICES Zooplankton Methodology Manual -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 General definitions -- 1.3 Size classification -- 1.4 Main systematic groups -- 1.5 Species diversity -- 1.6 Ecological position -- 1.7 Distribution pattern -- 1.8 Growth and metabolism -- 1.9 Reproduction and development -- 1.10 Standing stock and production -- 1.11 Conclusion -- 1.12 References -- Chapter 2. Sampling and experimental design -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Conceptual issues -- 2.3 Design of oceanographic cruises and surveys -- 2.4 References -- Chapter 3. Collecting zooplankton -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 A survey of sampling devices -- 3.3 Factors influencing mesozooplankton samples -- 3.4 Handling towed samplers -- 3.5 Care of towing cables -- 3.6 Handling samples and sample preservation -- 3.7 Collection of live zooplankton for experimental studies -- 3.8 Other zooplankton instruments used in conjunction with nets -- 3.9 References -- Chapter 4. Biomass and abundance -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Shipboard sample treatment -- 4.3 Biovolume and biomass determinations (W. Hagen) -- 4.4 Abundance and species identification -- 4.5 Analysis of community structure (H. Fock) -- 4.6 Acknowledgment -- 4.7 References -- Chapter 5. Sampling, preservation, enumeration and biomass of marine protozooplankton -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Collection methods -- 5.3 Preservation and enumeration -- 5.4 Determination of biomass conversion factors -- 5.5 Standard protocols -- 5.6 Acknowledgments -- 5.7 References -- Chapter 6. Acoustical methods -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 General discussion of principles, instruments, techniques, and comparative approaches -- 6.3 Measurement protocols, model computations, and examples -- 6.4 Acknowledgments -- 6.5 References -- Chapter 7. Optical methods. , 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 General discussion of principles, techniques, and comparative approaches -- 7.3 Measurement protocols, model computations, and examples -- 7.4 Acknowledgments -- 7.5 References -- Chapter 8. Feeding -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Feeding mechanisms of zooplankton -- 8.3 Expression of zooplankton feeding rates and common conversion factors -- 8.4 Microzooplankton -- 8.5 Meso- and macrozooplankton -- 8.6 Difficulties with specitic zooplankton groups -- 8.7 Omnivory -- 8.8 Factors regulating feeding rate -- 8.9 Predation behavioral models -- 8.10 Concluding remarks -- 8.11 Acknowledgments -- 8.12 References -- Chapter 9. The measurement of growth and reproductive rates -- 9.1 Introduction: why measure growth and reproductive rates of zooplankton? -- 9.2 Models of growth and fecundity -- 9.3 Determination of egg production rate: broadcast spawning copepods -- 9.4 Egg production rates of egg carrying copepods -- 9.5 The determination of growth rate -- 9.6 Biochemical and radiochemical methods -- 9.7 Measurement of egg production rate of a marine planktonic copepod (Calanus Finmarchicus) -- 9.8 Direct determination of copepod molting and growth rates in the field -- 9.9 Acknowledgments -- 9.10 Referemces -- Chapter 10. Metabolism -- 10.1 Oxygen consumption as an index of metabolism -- 10.2 Nitrogen and phosphorus metabolism -- 10.3 Measuring metabolic rate on live zooplankton -- 10.4 Metabolic rate and enzymatic indices -- 10.5 Concluding remarks -- 10.6 Collection and handling of zooplankton -- 10.7 Respiration -- 10.8 Excretion (T. Ikeda) -- 10.9 References -- Chapter 11. Methods for population genetic analysis of zooplankton -- 11.1 Background -- 11.2 Technical approaches to determining genetic diversity -- 11.3 Statistical approaches to assessing genetic diversity and structure. , 11.4 Strategies for preservation of zooplankton samples for genetic analysis -- 11.5 General recommendations -- 11.6 Measurement protocols -- 11.7 Further reading -- 11.8 Acknowledgments -- 11.9 References -- Chapter 12. Modeling zooplankton dynamics -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Modeling approaches and techniques -- 12.3 Models of individual bioenergetics and life history traits -- 12.4 Population models -- 12.5 Models of zooplankton communities -- 12.6 Modeling spatial dynamics of zooplankton -- 12.7 Acknowledgments -- 12.8 References -- Index.