LSL2002-23 Macrofauna Data. Version 1.0 ...

This dataset investigates the macrobenthos of the Canada Basin, which is one of the biologically least known areas of the Arctic deep sea. Macro-infauna was collected with 11 box cores at six stations ranging from 640 to 3250 m water depth between 16 August 2002 and 5 September 2002. Total abundance...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bluhm, B., MacDonald, I., Debenham, C., Iken, K.
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory 2013
Subjects:
oceans
Oceanography
FOS Earth and related environmental sciences
Biology
Benthos
Arctic
Ship Based
Ships
Water-based Platforms > Vessels > Surface > Ships > > 1bb21d0f-bf48-42b5-8e09-cc0d58407e4a
Box Core
In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > > > BOX CORE > > d83a72f7-d148-4f5e-bf7a-c191fb6a528e
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > BIOMASS
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC
PacMARS
Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis
Canada
Pacific
canada basin
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5065/d6kp806t
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.014
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Summary:This dataset investigates the macrobenthos of the Canada Basin, which is one of the biologically least known areas of the Arctic deep sea. Macro-infauna was collected with 11 box cores at six stations ranging from 640 to 3250 m water depth between 16 August 2002 and 5 September 2002. Total abundance ranged from 3 to 265 individuals per 0.04 square meters (75 - 6625 individuals per square meter) and decreased with increasing depth. Biomass ranged from 0.04 to 228 mg wet weight per 0.04 m2 (1-5700 mg wet weight per square meter) and followed the same trend. Polychaetes, crustaceans and bivalves dominated the faunal densities, biomass and species numbers. Over 70 benthic invertebrate species from four biogeographic affinities were identified, including at least three new species of Isopoda. The evident low abundances and biomass are in agreement with findings from the Eurasian Arctic deep sea. This dataset is part of the Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis (PacMARS) Project. This data set is in Excel ...

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