(Table 1) Sympagic meiofauna and amphipods inhabiting the meltponds in the Central Arctic sampled during POLARSTERN cruise ARK-XXII/2

• Main Authors: Kramer, Maike, Kiko, Rainer
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: Abundance estimate; Acoela indeterminata; Apherusa glacialis; Arctic Ocean; ARK-XXII/2; AWI; Calanoida indeterminata; Calanus spp.; Chlorophyll a; Ciliates indeterminata; Comment; Copepoda indeterminata; nauplii; Cyclopoida indeterminata; Eggs indeterminata; Eurytemora richingsi; Event label; Halectinosoma spp.; ICE; Ice station; Metridia longa; Nematoda; Nemertea; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; Oithona cf. similis; Polarstern; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; PS70/322-1; PS70/328-1; PS70/352-1; PS70/363-1; PS70/371-1; PS70 SPACE DAMOCLES; Radiolarians indeterminata; Rotifera; Salinity; Sample type; Site; SPP1158; Tisbe spp; Antarctic; Arctic; Damocles; Rotten; Antarc*; Foraminifera*; Global warming; Polar Biology; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.848479; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.848479

Meltponds on Arctic sea ice have previously been reported to be devoid of marine metazoans due to fresh-water conditions. The predominantly dark frequently also green and brownish meltponds observed in the Central Arctic in summer 2007 hinted to brackish conditions and considerable amounts of algae,...