MOTIVATION: I describe the GIS that is based on a new database of zooplankton collected by Juday net with a 0.1 m² opening (0.168 mm mesh). MAIN TYPES OF VARIABLES CONTAINED: The average density (in milligrams per cubic metre) of plankton and their different constituents in 1° trapeziums. LOCATION: Chukchi, Bering, Okhotsk, Japan/East seas and Pacific Ocean. TIME PERIOD: 1984–2013. TAXA STUDIED: All mesofauna; > 214 species of holo‐ and meroplankton. METHODS: GIS creation, data analysis and literature review. SOFTWARE FORMAT: Any that is capable of working with shapefiles. RESULTS: Maps of the spatio‐temporal distribution of plankton with various taxonomic groups and dimensions were compiled and analysed. Based on these maps and on the literature, a hypothesis was made regarding the negative correlation of the zooplankton size with temperature. It was also revealed that some fluctuations in the abundance of plankton in the Bering Sea and the ocean are in phase, whereas in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan the fluctuations are fully out of phase. In particular, during the transition from the light to the dark time of the day in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan, the density of plankton almost everywhere throughout the epipelagic zone increases; however, in the Bering Sea and the ocean, over large parts of the water area, it decreases. This means that the common practice by trophologists of attempting to replace the day‐time catch in plankton nets with the night‐time catches to assess the food reserves for fish will yield significantly different results in these waters. MAIN CONCLUSION: This unique GIS could be useful to planktonologists, ichthyologists, hydrobiologists, trophologists, ecologists, biogeographers and modellers for understanding patterns and drivers of plankton diversity and biomass variations at large scales. Unfortunately, owing to lack of funding, it has not been brought to the levels of species, size classes and developmental stages that could be available in the final release.

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远东海域及太平洋邻近海域新型净浮游动物地理信息系统

动机：我描述了基于由 Juday net 收集的具有 0.1 平方米开口（0.168 毫米网格）的浮游动物新数据库的 GIS。所含变量的主要类型：1°梯形中浮游生物及其不同成分的平均密度（以毫克每立方米为单位）。位置：楚科奇、白令、鄂霍次克、日本/东海和太平洋。时间段：1984-2013。研究的分类群：所有中型动物；> 214 种全浮游生物和小型浮游生物。方法：GIS 创建、数据分析和文献综述。软件格式：任何能够使用 shapefile 的软件格式。结果：编制和分析了具有各种分类群和维度的浮游生物时空分布图。根据这些地图和文献，提出了一个关于浮游动物大小与温度呈负相关的假设。还揭示了白令海和海洋浮游生物丰度的一些波动是同相的，而鄂霍次克海和日本海的波动是完全异相的。特别是在鄂霍次克海和日本海白天从亮到暗的过渡期间，整个上层带几乎所有地方的浮游生物密度都增加了；然而，在白令海和海洋中，在大部分水域，它会减少。这意味着营养学家试图用夜间捕捞量代替浮游生物网白天捕捞量来评估鱼类食物储备的常见做法将在这些水域产生显着不同的结果。主要结论：这种独特的 GIS 对浮游生物学家、鱼类学家、水生物学家、营养学家、生态学家、生物地理学家和建模师，用于了解大规模浮游生物多样性和生物量变化的模式和驱动因素。不幸的是，由于缺乏资金，它没有达到最终版本中可能提供的物种、大小等级和发育阶段的水平。