Meiofauna abundance from multicorer and box corer samples for seven stations from the Weddell Sea (POLARSTERN cruise PS 96, ANT-XXXI/2, December 2015–February 2016) ...
This dataset provides abundance data for meiofauna taxa determined from sediment samples collected in the Weddell Sea (mostly South-Eastern). A minimum of three samples (cores) were collected at each station with a MUC10 multicorer or taken from a giant box corer during PS96. Sediment cores were sli...
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PANGAEA
2021
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.932636 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.932636 |
| Summary: | This dataset provides abundance data for meiofauna taxa determined from sediment samples collected in the Weddell Sea (mostly South-Eastern). A minimum of three samples (cores) were collected at each station with a MUC10 multicorer or taken from a giant box corer during PS96. Sediment cores were sliced into depth layers (stations 017, 026, 061, 072: 0–2cm, 2–5cm, 5– bottom; stations 001, 037, 048: 0–1cm, 1–2cm, 2–3cm, 3–4cm, 4–5cm, 5– bottom) and preserved in 4%-borax-buffered formaldehyde solution prior to sieving (upper sieve size 500 µm, lower sieve size 32 µm) and counting (detailed methods in Säring et al. submitted). Abundance is presented per depth layer from the top 5 cm (note different slice volume) as ind./10 cm². Meiofauna communities included individuals from 22 higher taxa. The meiofauna abundance data are part of a larger ecological study on meio- and macrofauna communities and their relation to environmental conditions and remineralisation at the sediment-water interface (see “Related to” ... |
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