Morphology, Taxonomy and Ecology of Terrestrial Antarctic Ciliates and Testaceans (Protozoa)

Project 565: The database provides a list of species of ciliates and testate amoebae (Protozoa: Ciliophora; Testacea) recorded in various edaphic habitats, e.g., mineral soils (fellfield), ornithogenic soils, terrestrial mosses, from ice-free coastal areas and inshore islands in the area of Casey St...

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Other Authors: PETZ, WOLFGANG (hasPrincipalInvestigator), PETZ, WOLFGANG (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
biota
oceans
PACK ICE
EARTH SCIENCE
SEA ICE
PROTISTS
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
CILIATES
ANTARCTICA
BIODIVERSITY
CILIOPHORA
PROTOZOA
RHIZOPODA
TAXONOMY
TESTACEA
OCEAN &gt
SOUTHERN OCEAN
CONTINENT &gt
ANTARCTICA &gt
Casey
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
Antarctic
Austral
Casey Station
Pancake
Southern Ocean
Weddell
Weddell Sea
Wilkes Land
Antarc*
Antarctica
Sea ice
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/morphology-taxonomy-ecology-testaceans-protozoa/700247
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_565
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:Project 565: The database provides a list of species of ciliates and testate amoebae (Protozoa: Ciliophora; Testacea) recorded in various edaphic habitats, e.g., mineral soils (fellfield), ornithogenic soils, terrestrial mosses, from ice-free coastal areas and inshore islands in the area of Casey Station, Wilkes Land, coastal continental Antarctica. 26 ciliate (9 first records for continental Antarctica, 1 undescribed) and 5 testacean species (3 new records) were found. Sea ice study (Weddell Sea): The ciliate biodivesity was studied in several types of sea ice (mainly young pancake ice) from the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, in the austral autumn 1992 (March-May) during the cruise ANT X/3 of RV Polarstern. 49 ciliate species were predominantly found in sea ice and 6 spp. in the pelagial; 20 of these were new to science. A word document containing a list of species that were recorded as part of the project is available for download from the provided URL. These data have also been incorporated into the biodiversity database.

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