Macroalgae of the Balleny Islands and western Ross Sea, Southern Ocean ...
The known macroalgal flora of the Balleny Islands, Southern Ocean, has more than doubled as a result of expeditions to the area over the past 8 years and their subsequent study is reported here. The samples collected as part of a benthic survey at Borradaile Island, one of the Balleny Islands group,...
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ftdatacite:10.15468/68e5ec 2024-03-31T07:51:52+00:00 Macroalgae of the Balleny Islands and western Ross Sea, Southern Ocean ... Nelson, Wendy Cummings, Vonda D’Archino, Roberta J. Halliday Marriott, Peter Neill, Kate 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/68e5ec https://www.gbif.org/dataset/0d862dd2-12af-4445-92c9-d81d76598b19 en eng The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 Occurrence dataset SAMPLING_EVENT Dataset 2021 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.15468/68e5ec 2024-03-04T14:24:11Z The known macroalgal flora of the Balleny Islands, Southern Ocean, has more than doubled as a result of expeditions to the area over the past 8 years and their subsequent study is reported here. The samples collected as part of a benthic survey at Borradaile Island, one of the Balleny Islands group, during the 2006 Tiama expedition have been analysed to provide an assessment of benthic community structure. We provide a quantitative assessment of shallow water macrofaunal community composition and seafloor sediment characteristics, and a more qualitative assessment of seafloor habitat structure and epifaunal/floral community composition. The Borradaile Island sites were located in a high energy environment, sediments had relatively high organic and chlorophyll a content, and considerably lower concentrations of degraded plant material (phaeophytin) than noted in previously surveyed southern Ross Sea locations. This could be a reflection of the higher light levels and the large amount of algal detritus noted ... Dataset Balleny Islands Borradaile Island Ross Sea Southern Ocean DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Balleny Islands Borradaile Island ENVELOPE(162.750,162.750,-66.583,-66.583) Ross Sea Southern Ocean |
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The known macroalgal flora of the Balleny Islands, Southern Ocean, has more than doubled as a result of expeditions to the area over the past 8 years and their subsequent study is reported here. The samples collected as part of a benthic survey at Borradaile Island, one of the Balleny Islands group, during the 2006 Tiama expedition have been analysed to provide an assessment of benthic community structure. We provide a quantitative assessment of shallow water macrofaunal community composition and seafloor sediment characteristics, and a more qualitative assessment of seafloor habitat structure and epifaunal/floral community composition. The Borradaile Island sites were located in a high energy environment, sediments had relatively high organic and chlorophyll a content, and considerably lower concentrations of degraded plant material (phaeophytin) than noted in previously surveyed southern Ross Sea locations. This could be a reflection of the higher light levels and the large amount of algal detritus noted ... |
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Macroalgae of the Balleny Islands and western Ross Sea, Southern Ocean ... |
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Macroalgae of the Balleny Islands and western Ross Sea, Southern Ocean ... |
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Macroalgae of the Balleny Islands and western Ross Sea, Southern Ocean ... |
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