Surface data of the Peru-Chile Current, relative abundance of diatoms, supplement to: Romero, Oscar E; Hebbeln, Dierk (2003): Biogenic silica and diatom thanatocoenosis in surface sediments below the Peru-Chile Current: controlling mechanisms and relationship with productivity of surface waters. Marine Micropaleontology, 48(1-2), 71-90

• Main Authors: Romero, Oscar E, Hebbeln, Dierk
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2003
• Subjects: Event label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Elevation of event; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Achnanthes sp.; Actinocyclus curvatulus; Actinocyclus exiguus; Actinocyclus octonarius; Actinoptychus senarius; Actinoptychus vulgaris; Adoneis pacifica; Amphora ostrearia; Amphora sp.; Asteromphalus arachne; Asteromphalus flabellatus; Asteromphalus heptactis; Asteromphalus hyalinus; Asteromphalus sarcophagus; Aulacoseira granulata; Aulacoseira islandica; Azpeitia africana; Azpeitia barronii; Azpeitia neocrenulata; Azpeitia nodulifera; Azpeitia tabularis; Bacteriastrum elongatum; Bacteriastrum furcatum; Bacteriastrum hyalinum; Biddulphia alternans; Catacombas gailloni; Chaetoceros affinis; Chaetoceros bacteriastroides; Chaetoceros concavicornis; Chaetoceros decipiens; Chaetoceros diadema; Chaetoceros didymus; Chaetoceros didymus var. protuberans; Chaetoceros messanensis; Chaetoceros affinis, resting spores; Chaetoceros cinctus, resting spores; Chaetoceros compresus, resting spores; Chaetoceros constrictus, resting spores; Chaetoceros coronatus, resting spores; Chaetoceros debilis, resting spores; Chaetoceros diadema, resting spores; Chaetoceros didymus, resting spores; Chaetoceros lorenzianus, resting spores; Chaetoceros radicans, resting spores; Chaetoceros socialis, resting spores; Chaetoceros vanheurckii, resting spores; Chaetoceros sp., resting spores; Cocconeis britannica; Cocconeis californica var. lengana; Cocconeis costata var. costata; Cocconeis costata var. hexagona; Cocconeis decipiens; Cocconeis dirupta; Cocconeis pelta; Cocconeis placentula; Cocconeis pseudomarginata; Cocconeis speciosa; Cocconeis stauroneiformis; Corethron sp.; Coscinodiscus argus; Coscinodiscus centralis; Coscinodiscus janischii; Coscinodiscus coculus-iridis; Coscinodiscus radiatus; Coscinodiscus thorii; Ctenophora sp.; Cyclophora sp.; Cyclotella litoralis; Cyclotella meneghiniana; Cyclotella stelligera; Cymbella sp.; Delphineis surirella; Denticula sp.; Diatoma sp.; Diploneis bombus; Diploneis constricta; Dytilum brightwelli, resting spores; Epithemia sp.; Eunotia sp.; Fallacia nyella; Fragilariopsis doliolus; Gomphonema sp.; Grammatophora marina; Hannaea sp.; Hantzschia amphyoxis; Haslea hyalinissima; Hemialus sinensis; Hemidiscus cuneiformis; Leptocylindrus mediterraneus; Lioloma elongatum; Luticola mutica; Mastogloia rostrata; Navicula cryptotenella; Navicula distans; Navicula sp.; Neidium sp.; Nitzschia bicapitata; Nitzschia interruptestriata; Nitzschia sicula; Nitzschia sp. Nitzschia cf. sicula; Nitzschia sp.; Odontella longicruris; Opephora sp.; Paralia sulcata; Pinnularia borealis; Pinnularia microstauron; Planktoniella sol; Pleurosigma directum; Pleurosigma planctonicum; Proboscia alata; Proboscia alata forma indica; Psammodictyon panduriforme; Pseudohimantidium pacificum; Pseudostaurosira brevistriata var. inflata; Pseudo-nitzschia inflatula var. capitata; Pseudosolenia calcar-avis; Pseudotriceratium punctatum; Rhizosolenia acuminata; Rhizosolenia bergonii; Rhizosolenia borealis; Rhizosolenia pungens; Rhizosolenia styliformis; Rhopalodia sp.; Roperia tessellata; Skeletonema costatum; Stauroneis anceps; Stellarima stellaris; Stephanodiscus astraea; Stephanopyxis sp.; Surirella sp.; Synedra ulna; Tabularia sp.; Thalassionema bacillare; Thalassionema frauenfeldii; Thalassionema nitzschioides var. nitzschioides; Thalassionema pseudonitzschioides; Thalassionema nitzschioides var. inflata; Thalassionema nitzschioides var. parva; Thalassiosira aestivalis; Thalassiosira anguste-lineata; Thalassiosira bioculata; Thalassiosira conferta; Thalassiosira delicatula; Thalassiosira eccentrica; Thalassiosira endoseriata; Thalassiosira ferelineata; Thalassiosira gerloffii; Thalassiosira gravida; Thalassiosira lineata; Thalassiosira mendiolana; Thalassiosira minuscula; Thalassiosira nanolineata; Thalassiosira oestrupii var. oestrupii; Thalassiosira oestrupii var. venrickae; Thalassiosira pacifica; Thalassiosira plicata; Thalassiosira poro-irregulata; Thalassiosira punctifera; Thalassiosira rotula; Thalassiosira sackettii forma plana; Thalassiosira subtilis; Thalassiosira symmetrica; Thalassiosira tumida; Thalassiosira sp.; Trachyneis aspera; MultiCorer; Counting, diatoms; SO101; SO102/1; SO102/2; SO156/1; SO156/2; SO156/3; Sonne; Geosciences, University of Bremen GeoB; Antarctic; Pacific; Romero; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.80222; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.80222

Based on 76 surface sediment samples collected between ca. 22° and 44°S along the Chilean coast in the southeast Pacific Ocean, we report on the north-south distribution of opal content and diatom concentration, and the quantitative and qualitative composition of the preserved diatom community. Lati...