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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.1040.9897 2023-05-15T17:41:09+02:00 MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES Sampler bias in the quantitative study of deep-sea meiobenthos * The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1040.9897 en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1040.9897 Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. text ftciteseerx 2020-03-08T01:24:38Z ABSTRACT: The influence of sampler type on quantitative estimates of deep-sea meiobenthos is examined by a n indirect statistical comparison of box corer and multiple corer samples collected throughout the northeast Atlantic, and by a direct comparison of contemporaneously collected multiple corer and box corer samples from a single abyssal location. The data strongly support the suggestion that the greater down-wash/bow wave associated with box corers results in displacement of surface sediments and any superfic~al detrltus layer together with thelr associated fauna. Total metazoan meiobenthos density estimates from box corer samples are about half those from corresponding multiple corer samples Sampler type may also influence the fauna1 composition of both the metazoan and protozoan components of the meiobenthos. KEY WORDS: Meiobenthos . Deep sea . Sampling . Box c o r e r . Multiple c o r e r . Northeast Atlantic Text Northeast Atlantic Unknown
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ABSTRACT: The influence of sampler type on quantitative estimates of deep-sea meiobenthos is examined by a n indirect statistical comparison of box corer and multiple corer samples collected throughout the northeast Atlantic, and by a direct comparison of contemporaneously collected multiple corer and box corer samples from a single abyssal location. The data strongly support the suggestion that the greater down-wash/bow wave associated with box corers results in displacement of surface sediments and any superfic~al detrltus layer together with thelr associated fauna. Total metazoan meiobenthos density estimates from box corer samples are about half those from corresponding multiple corer samples Sampler type may also influence the fauna1 composition of both the metazoan and protozoan components of the meiobenthos. KEY WORDS: Meiobenthos . Deep sea . Sampling . Box c o r e r . Multiple c o r e r . Northeast Atlantic
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MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES Sampler bias in the quantitative study of deep-sea meiobenthos *
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MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES Sampler bias in the quantitative study of deep-sea meiobenthos *
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MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES Sampler bias in the quantitative study of deep-sea meiobenthos *
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MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES Sampler bias in the quantitative study of deep-sea meiobenthos *
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MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES Sampler bias in the quantitative study of deep-sea meiobenthos *
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MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES Sampler bias in the quantitative study of deep-sea meiobenthos *
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marine ecology progress series sampler bias in the quantitative study of deep-sea meiobenthos *
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