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author Gutzmann, Erik
Martínez Arbizu, Pedro
Rose, Armin
Veit-Köhler, Gritta
author_facet Gutzmann, Erik
Martínez Arbizu, Pedro
Rose, Armin
Veit-Köhler, Gritta
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Meiofauna standing stocks and community structure are reported for the first time for abyssal soft-sediment samples in Antarctic waters. At seven stations within a depth range of 2274-5194 m a total of 128 sediment cores were retrieved with a multiple corer (MUC) on board of the R.V. Polarstern during the ANDEEP-1 cruise (ANT XIX/3). The metazoan meiofauna (defined by a lower size limit of 40 µm) was identified and counted, and one core per station was preserved for CPE, C/N, TOM and grain size analyses. Meiofauna densities are in the range of 2731 Ind./10 cm² at 2290 m depth and 75 Ind./10 cm² at 3597 m depth, with nematodes being the dominant group at all stations. Nematodes account for 84-94% followed by copepods with 2-8% of the total meiofauna. Other frequent taxa found at each station are kinorhynchs, loriciferans, tantulocarids, ostracods and tardigrades. There is a general tendency of decreasing abundances of metazoan meiofauna with increasing depth, but not all higher level taxa displayed this pattern. In addition, a tendency of decreasing higher taxon density with increasing depth was observed. Standing stocks are higher than the average found at similar depths in other oceans.
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spellingShingle (Table 2) Metazoan meiofauna abundance in sediments obtained during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XIX/3 (ANDEEP-1)
Gutzmann, Erik
Martínez Arbizu, Pedro
Rose, Armin
Veit-Köhler, Gritta
Amphipoda; ANT-XIX/3; AWI; Bivalvia; Copepoda; Counting >40 µm fraction; Cumacea; Date/Time of event; Elevation of event; Event label; Gastropoda; Gastrotricha; Halacaroidea; Isopoda; Kinorhyncha; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Loricifera; Meiofauna, abundance; MUC; MultiCorer; Nauplii; Nematoda; Ophiuridae; Ostracoda; Polarstern; Priapulida; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; PS61/042-5; PS61/042-7; PS61/043-4; PS61/043-6; PS61/046-4; PS61/046-6; PS61/099-5; PS61/099-7; PS61/105-2; PS61/105-4; PS61/105-6; PS61/114-5; PS61/114-7; PS61/114-9; PS61/129-5; PS61/129-7; PS61 ANDEEP 1; Rotifera; Scotia Sea, southwest Atlantic; SPP1158; Tanaidacea; Tantulocarida; Tardigrada
Meiofauna standing stocks and community structure are reported for the first time for abyssal soft-sediment samples in Antarctic waters. At seven stations within a depth range of 2274-5194 m a total of 128 sediment cores were retrieved with a multiple corer (MUC) on board of the R.V. Polarstern during the ANDEEP-1 cruise (ANT XIX/3). The metazoan meiofauna (defined by a lower size limit of 40 µm) was identified and counted, and one core per station was preserved for CPE, C/N, TOM and grain size analyses. Meiofauna densities are in the range of 2731 Ind./10 cm² at 2290 m depth and 75 Ind./10 cm² at 3597 m depth, with nematodes being the dominant group at all stations. Nematodes account for 84-94% followed by copepods with 2-8% of the total meiofauna. Other frequent taxa found at each station are kinorhynchs, loriciferans, tantulocarids, ostracods and tardigrades. There is a general tendency of decreasing abundances of metazoan meiofauna with increasing depth, but not all higher level taxa displayed this pattern. In addition, a tendency of decreasing higher taxon density with increasing depth was observed. Standing stocks are higher than the average found at similar depths in other oceans.
title (Table 2) Metazoan meiofauna abundance in sediments obtained during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XIX/3 (ANDEEP-1)
topic Amphipoda; ANT-XIX/3; AWI; Bivalvia; Copepoda; Counting >40 µm fraction; Cumacea; Date/Time of event; Elevation of event; Event label; Gastropoda; Gastrotricha; Halacaroidea; Isopoda; Kinorhyncha; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Loricifera; Meiofauna, abundance; MUC; MultiCorer; Nauplii; Nematoda; Ophiuridae; Ostracoda; Polarstern; Priapulida; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; PS61/042-5; PS61/042-7; PS61/043-4; PS61/043-6; PS61/046-4; PS61/046-6; PS61/099-5; PS61/099-7; PS61/105-2; PS61/105-4; PS61/105-6; PS61/114-5; PS61/114-7; PS61/114-9; PS61/129-5; PS61/129-7; PS61 ANDEEP 1; Rotifera; Scotia Sea, southwest Atlantic; SPP1158; Tanaidacea; Tantulocarida; Tardigrada
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.848014