Distributional records of Ross Sea (Antarctica) planktonic Copepoda from bibliographic data and samples curated at the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA) ...

This dataset gathers distributional data on planktonic copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) collected in the framework of the III, V and X Expeditions of the Italian National Antarctic Program (PNRA) held in the western Ross Sea from 1987 to 1995. Sampling was conducted with BIONESS and WP2 net in 94 diff...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bonello, Guido, Grillo, Marco, Cecchetto, Matteo, Schiaparelli, Stefano
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa) 2020
Subjects:
Occurrence
BIONESS
abundance
Copepoda
Terra Nova Bay
Ross Sea
Antarctica
distribution
Antarctic
Antarc*
Copepods
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/zndaaw
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b212e93b-7800-4b05-8e2d-5f26798f5002
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Summary:This dataset gathers distributional data on planktonic copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) collected in the framework of the III, V and X Expeditions of the Italian National Antarctic Program (PNRA) held in the western Ross Sea from 1987 to 1995. Sampling was conducted with BIONESS and WP2 net in 94 different sampling stations, mainly distributed in the Terra Nova Bay area, at the depth of 0-1000 meters. In terms of spatial coverage, this dataset covers 6027 distributional records that are also reported in terms of original abundance data (ind/m3) to allow a possible modelization of species distributions thanks to the availability of environmental variables that were collected together with the biological samples. The total of distributional records here reported has two different origins: 5306 are represented by bibliographic records obtained by digitizing the original data reports, whereas 721 correspond to physical museum vouchers, now curated by the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa). ...

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