Ciliate abundance in waters of the Argentine shelf and the Drake Passage, the south-western Atlantic

• Main Authors: Santoferrara, Luciana F, Alder, Viviana A
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: Argentine_shelf-ocean; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Southwest Atlantic; Drake Passage; International Polar Year
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.834722; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.834722

Ciliates from sub-surface waters of the Argentine shelf and the Drake Passage under austral summer and autumn conditions were examined and compared for the first time. In both environments, the taxonomic structure of ciliates was related to temperature and salinity, and aloricate oligotrichs dominat...