(Table I-II) Station details and isopoda abundance of samples taken during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XV/3 to the eastern Weddell Sea and King George Island ...

Abundance, diversity, and distribution of suprabenthic Isopoda caught from a water layer between 0.27 to 0.60 m above the seafloor were analysed. The samples were taken during the ANT XV/3 cruise on RV Polarstern by means of an epibenthic sledge along two transects in the southern Weddell Sea (Vestk...

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Main Author: Brandt, Angelika
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2004
Subjects:
AWI
Event label
Date/Time of event
Latitude of event
Longitude of event
Sample elevation
Area/locality
Haul length
Number of specimens
Number of species
Sediment type
Acanthaspidiidae
Aegidae
Anthuridea
Cirolanidae
Cryptoniscidae
Desmosomatidae
Eurycopinae
Gnathiidae
Haploniscidae
Ilyarachninae
Ischnomesidae
Janiridae
Joeropsidae
Macrostylidae
Munnidae
Munnopsinae
Nannoniscidae
Paramunnidae
Santiidae
Serolidae
Stenetriidae
Storthyngurinae
Valvifera
Epibenthic sledge
Counting
ANT-XV/3
Polarstern
Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158
Antarctic
Arctic
Bransfield Strait
King George Island
Southern Ocean
Vestkapp
Weddell
Weddell Sea
Antarc*
Sea ice
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.847236
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.847236
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Summary:Abundance, diversity, and distribution of suprabenthic Isopoda caught from a water layer between 0.27 to 0.60 m above the seafloor were analysed. The samples were taken during the ANT XV/3 cruise on RV Polarstern by means of an epibenthic sledge along two transects in the southern Weddell Sea (Vestkapp and Halley Bay) and another one east of King George Island. At each of these three bathymetric transects, five to six stations were sampled between 200 and 2000 m. In total, 4258 specimens of isopods were sampled at 14 stations standardized to 1000 m2 hauls. 114 species were identified from 49 genera and 23 higher taxa (families and suborders) of Isopoda. Most of them belonged to the suborder Asellota. Dominant families are Munnopsididae (Eurycopinae, Ilyarachninae), Joeropsidae, Munnidae, Paramunnidae, Ischnomesidae and Desmosomatidae. No striking differences were found between areas (Vestkapp, Halley Bay, Kapp Norvegia, and Bransfield Strait). Overall isopod abundances were highest at the shallowest station; ... : Supplement to: Brandt, Angelika (2004): Abundance, diversity, and community patterns of Isopoda (Crustacea) in the Weddell Sea and in the Bransfield Strait, Southern Ocean. Antarctic Science, 16(1), 5-10 ...

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