MarBEF Data System

ANDEEP-1: Antarctic deep-sea meiofauna

Citation

Martínez Arbizu, P. & Veit-Köhler, G. (2002). ANDEEP-1: Antarctic deep-sea meiofauna. Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg; Deutsches Zentrum fur Marine Biodiversitätsforschung (DZMB), Germany. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/982

Contact: Veit-Köhler, Gritta

Access data

Archived data

Archived file:

ANDEEP.xls

Availability:

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

These data give - for the first time - an overview of the meiofauna that inhabits the slope and the abyssal plains in Antarctic waters to a depth of 5 200 m.

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Benthos

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Biodiversity, Deep sea, Meiobenthos, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, PSW, Drake Passage

Geographical coverage

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -60,7355; MinLat: -61,7263 - MaxLong: -53,9545; MaxLat: -59,6582 [WGS84]

PSW, Drake Passage [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

28 January 2002 - 23 February 2002

Parameters

Carbon-to-nitrogen Ratio (C:N)
Chlorophyll a
Grain size distribution Methodology
Meiobenthos #/ Major taxa
Phaeopigments
Total organic matter (OM)

Grain size distribution: Coulter Counter LS particle size analyzer

Contributors

Senckenberg am Meer; German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), more, data creator, data owner

Martinez Arbizu, Pedro
Veit-Köhler, Gritta

Related datasets

Published in:

AntOBIS: Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

(Partly) included in:

MANUELA: MANUELA Database, more

Project

MarBEF: Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more

Grant agreement ID 505446

Publication

Based on this dataset

Gutzmann, H.E.; Martínez Arbizu, P.; Rose, A.; Veit-Köhler, G. (2004). Meiofauna communities along an abyssal depth gradient in the Drake Passage. Deep-Sea Res., Part 2, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 51: 1617-1628, more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research

Metadatarecord created: 2006-12-05

Information last updated: 2007-11-21

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