Rafting communities on pelagic Sargassum and floating marine debris in the Sargasso Sea

• Main Authors: Gutow, Lars, Petersen, Imke, Giménez, Luis, Thiel, Martin, Rivedeneira, Marcelo M
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2021
• Subjects: epibiota; floating marine debris; pollution; rafting; Sargasso Sea; Sargassum community; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.931845; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931845

Pelagic Sargassum and floating marine debris were collected during cruise MSM41 of the German research vessel Maria S. Merian in April 2015 in the Sargasso Sea, western subtropical North Atlantic. In total 39 debris samples and 42 Sargassum samples were taken and characterized. The associated biota...