Beaching of the tunicate Salpa thompsoni at high levels of suspended particulate matter in the Southern Ocean
A mass death event of the pelagic tunicate Salpa thompsoni, which occurred in April 2002 in the Potter Cove, near the Argentinean/German Antarctic station Jubany (62°14S 58°40W), King George Island, South Shetland Islands, is described. Salps appeared on the beach two days after very strong (> 80...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:5753 2023-09-05T13:13:48+02:00 Beaching of the tunicate Salpa thompsoni at high levels of suspended particulate matter in the Southern Ocean Pakhomov, E. A. Fuentes, V. Schloss, I. Atencio, A. Esnal, G. B. 2003 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/5753/ https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-003-0494-z https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.16316 unknown Pakhomov, E. A. , Fuentes, V. , Schloss, I. , Atencio, A. and Esnal, G. B. (2003) Beaching of the tunicate Salpa thompsoni at high levels of suspended particulate matter in the Southern Ocean , Polar Biology, 26 , pp. 427-431 . doi:10.1007/s00300-003-0494-z <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-003-0494-z> , hdl:10013/epic.16316 EPIC3Polar Biology, 26, pp. 427-431 Article isiRev 2003 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-003-0494-z 2023-08-22T19:45:37Z A mass death event of the pelagic tunicate Salpa thompsoni, which occurred in April 2002 in the Potter Cove, near the Argentinean/German Antarctic station Jubany (62°14S 58°40W), King George Island, South Shetland Islands, is described. Salps appeared on the beach two days after very strong (> 80 km.h-1) winds were registered, which accumulated particulate material in the inner part of the cove and probably also re-suspended bottom sediments. The sharp increase in particulate matter concentrations in Potter Cove caused clogging (sensu Harbison et al. 1986) of salp mucous filtering nets and likely a combination of clogging, winds and tides caused dying salps to be washed out on the beach. Until further research, it may be postulated that particle concentrations exceeding 20 mgDW.l-1 could be considered as natural threshold concentrations for S. thompsoni in the high Antarctic coastal regions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic King George Island Polar Biology South Shetland Islands Southern Ocean Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Antarctic King George Island Potter Cove South Shetland Islands Southern Ocean Polar Biology 26 7 427 431 |
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A mass death event of the pelagic tunicate Salpa thompsoni, which occurred in April 2002 in the Potter Cove, near the Argentinean/German Antarctic station Jubany (62°14S 58°40W), King George Island, South Shetland Islands, is described. Salps appeared on the beach two days after very strong (> 80 km.h-1) winds were registered, which accumulated particulate material in the inner part of the cove and probably also re-suspended bottom sediments. The sharp increase in particulate matter concentrations in Potter Cove caused clogging (sensu Harbison et al. 1986) of salp mucous filtering nets and likely a combination of clogging, winds and tides caused dying salps to be washed out on the beach. Until further research, it may be postulated that particle concentrations exceeding 20 mgDW.l-1 could be considered as natural threshold concentrations for S. thompsoni in the high Antarctic coastal regions. |
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Pakhomov, E. A. Fuentes, V. Schloss, I. Atencio, A. Esnal, G. B. Beaching of the tunicate Salpa thompsoni at high levels of suspended particulate matter in the Southern Ocean |
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Beaching of the tunicate Salpa thompsoni at high levels of suspended particulate matter in the Southern Ocean |
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Beaching of the tunicate Salpa thompsoni at high levels of suspended particulate matter in the Southern Ocean |
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Beaching of the tunicate Salpa thompsoni at high levels of suspended particulate matter in the Southern Ocean |
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Beaching of the tunicate Salpa thompsoni at high levels of suspended particulate matter in the Southern Ocean |
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Beaching of the tunicate Salpa thompsoni at high levels of suspended particulate matter in the Southern Ocean |
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beaching of the tunicate salpa thompsoni at high levels of suspended particulate matter in the southern ocean |
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Antarctic King George Island Potter Cove South Shetland Islands Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic King George Island Polar Biology South Shetland Islands Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic King George Island Polar Biology South Shetland Islands Southern Ocean |
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Pakhomov, E. A. , Fuentes, V. , Schloss, I. , Atencio, A. and Esnal, G. B. (2003) Beaching of the tunicate Salpa thompsoni at high levels of suspended particulate matter in the Southern Ocean , Polar Biology, 26 , pp. 427-431 . doi:10.1007/s00300-003-0494-z <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-003-0494-z> , hdl:10013/epic.16316 |
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