Epipelagic mesozooplankton distribution and abundance in Southern Ocean Atlantic sector and the North Atlantic and Arctic 1996-2013

Sampling event
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Description

Mesozooplankton were collected with a motion-compensated Bongo net (61 cm mouth diameter, 100 and 200 micrometre meshes) and a mini- Bongo net (18 cm mouth diameter, 50 micrometre mesh nets). Both nets fished to a maximum depth of 400 m but sometimes shallower. Specimens were categorised to the lowest possible taxonomic level, which in some cases encompassed developmental stages but in other cases was limited to higher order taxa. Each taxa was enumerated to determine abundance in units of individuals m-2. The dataset allows examination of the distribution and abundance of these species within the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean over a number of years and covering much of the productive season from spring to autumn. The data for the North Atlantic and Arctic covers one season only (summer) and is limited to providing a spatial perspective on the distribution and abundance of mesozooplankton.

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 669 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

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669
ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
95348
Occurrence 
93914

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Ward, P., Tarling, G., Shreeve, R., & ten Hoopen, P. (2020). Epipelagic mesozooplankton distribution and abundance in Southern Ocean Atlantic sector and the North Atlantic and Arctic 1996-2013 [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/5A711904-EF42-46A3-9F47-3F0D6B231F65

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GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Samplingevent; "EARTH SCIENCE"; "BIOSPHERE"; "ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS"; "COMMUNITY DYNAMICS"; "BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS"; "ECOSYSTEMS"; "AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS"; "PLANKTON"; "ZOOPLANKTON"; "OCEANS"; "MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING"; Samplingevent

External data

The resource data is also available in other formats

original database http://apex.nerc-bas.ac.uk/f?p=163:1 UTF-8 oracle database
original dataset https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=5a711904-ef42-46a3-9f47-3f0d6b231f65 UTF-8 comma separated values (csv)

Contacts

Peter Ward
  • Originator
Investigator
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road
CB3 0ET Cambridge
GB
Geraint Tarling
  • Originator
Investigator
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road
CB3 0ET Cambridge
GB
Rachael Shreeve
  • Originator
Investigator
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road
CB3 0ET Cambridge
GB
Petra ten Hoopen
  • Originator
Investigator
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road
CB3 0ET Cambridge
GB
UK Polar Data Centre
High Cross, Madingley Road
CB3 0ET Cambridge
GB
UK Polar Data Centre
High Cross, Madingley Road
CB3 0ET Cambridge
GB
UK Polar Data Centre
High Cross, Madingley Road
CB3 0ET Cambridge
GB
UK Polar Data Centre
High Cross, Madingley Road
CB3 0ET Cambridge
GB
Angus Atkinson
  • Content Provider
Investigator
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road
CB3 0ET Cambridge
GB

Geographic Coverage

Southern Ocean, Atlantic Sector North Atlantic Ocean, Arctic

Bounding Coordinates South West [-65, -69.3], North East [-47.9, -25.8]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Animalia, Chromista, Protozoa
Phylum Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chaetognatha, Chordata, Ciliophora, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Echinodermata, Foraminifera, Mollusca, Nemertea, Ochrophyta, Phoronida, Rotifera, Sarcomastigophora
Class Appendicularia, Ascidiacea, Bacillariophyceae, Bivalvia, Branchiopoda, Gastropoda, Gymnolaemata, Hexanauplia, Holothuroidea, Hydrozoa, Malacostraca, Oligotrichea, Ophiuroidea, Ostracoda, Polychaeta, Thaliacea

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2006-11-06 / 2013-02-04

Project Data

No Description available

Title Polar Science for Planet Earth
Funding Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation

The personnel involved in the project:

Peter Ward
Geraint Tarling

Sampling Methods

Samples were retrieved by either a motion compensation Bongo net or a mini Bongo net, and then preserved with Borax buffered 10% formalin for analysis back at the home laboratory. Taxa were identified through examination by light microscopy. The abundance of each taxa within a sample was determined through examining a known fraction of the sample and then making an inverse multiplication of that fraction. Known fractions were principally achieved through the use of a Folsom splitter. Volumetric abundances (individuals m-2) were determined through dividing sample abundance by the volume of water sampled by the respective net. Net volume was mainly derived through multiplying the net opening diameter by the maximum depth of sampling. This calculation assumes 100% net sampling efficiency and that specimens were only captured during the ascent phase of the net deployment.

Study Extent Data were gathered on a series of oceanographic cruises aboard the RRS James Clark Ross during expeditions to the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean and the North Atlantic/Arctic.

Method step description:

  1. All species were identified according to the taxonomic guides available at time of analysis and the user must be aware that some species names may have since been updated.

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Tarling GA, Ward P, Atkinson A, Collins MA, Murphy EJ (2012) Editorial: DISCOVERY 2010: Spatial and temporal variability in a dynamic polar ecosystem. Deep-Sea Res. II 59-60:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.10.001
  2. Tyrrell T, Tarling GA, Leakey R, Cripps G, Thorpe S, Richier S, Moore CM (2016) Impacts of surface ocean acidification in polar seas and globally: a field-based approach. Deep-Sea Res. II 127:1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.02.009

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS