Surface data of the Peru-Chile Current, relative abundance of diatoms

• Main Authors: Romero, Oscar E, Hebbeln, Dierk
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2003
• Subjects: 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; resting spores; Chaetoceros bacteriastroides; Chaetoceros cinctus; Chaetoceros compresus; Chaetoceros concavicornis; Chaetoceros constrictus; Chaetoceros coronatus; Chaetoceros debilis; Chaetoceros decipiens; Chaetoceros diadema; Chaetoceros didymus; Chaetoceros didymus var. protuberans; Chaetoceros lorenzianus; Antarctic; Pacific; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.80222; https://doi.org/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...