Macrofauna abundance from multicorer and box corer samples for ten stations around the Antarctic Peninsula (POLARSTERN cruise PS 81, ANT-XXIX/3, January–March 2013) ...

This dataset provides abundance data for macrofaunal taxa determined from sediment samples collected around the Antarctic Peninsula. A minimum of three samples (cores) were taken at each station with a MUC10 multicorer or giant box corer during PS81. The whole sediment cores (top to bottom) were pre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Säring, Friederike, Seifert, Derya, Baumann, Moritz, Link, Heike
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2021
Subjects:
Antarctica
Antarctic Peninsula
box corer
community composition
fauna abundance
Macrobenthos
MultiCorer
Southern Ocean
taxa
Event label
Date/Time of event
Latitude of event
Longitude of event
Elevation of event
Cruise/expedition
Station label
Gear identification number
Sample ID
Gear
Experiment
Treatment
Area/locality
DEPTH, sediment/rock
Depth, top/min
Depth, bottom/max
Bivalvia
Amphipoda
Isopoda
Cumacea
Tanaidacea
Mysida
Copepoda
Ostracoda
Annelida
Nematoda
Echinodermata
Cnidaria
Acari
Giant box corer
Counting >500 µm fraction
ANT-XXIX/3
Polarstern
Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158
Antarctic
Arctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Foraminifera*
Sea ice
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.932693
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.932693
Description
Summary:This dataset provides abundance data for macrofaunal taxa determined from sediment samples collected around the Antarctic Peninsula. A minimum of three samples (cores) were taken at each station with a MUC10 multicorer or giant box corer during PS81. The whole sediment cores (top to bottom) were preserved in a in 4%-borax-buffered formaldehyde solution prior to sieving (sieve size 500 µm) and counting (detailed methods in Säring et al. submitted). Only at station 241, cores were sliced into depth layers (0–2 cm, 2–5 cm, 5– bottom) and size fractions distinguished (sieve size 500 µm, 1000 µm). Abundances are presented per whole core as ind./m². Data from different layers and size fractions (station 241) are available upon request. Macrofauna communities included individuals from 13 higher taxa. The macrofauna 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 ... : Higher taxa without foraminiferans, bryozoans, and undetermined individuals ...

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