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Gerlach, Sebastian A (1967): The interstitial subsoil fauna on the beach of Sarso Island, Red Sea [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.605226, Supplement to: Gerlach, SA (1967): Die Fauna des Küstengrundwassers am Strand der Insel Sarso (Rotes Meer). Meteor Forschungsergebnisse, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Reihe D Biologie, Gebrüder Bornträger, Berlin, Stuttgart, D2, 7-18

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Abstract:
The scope of this research was to find out, how important is the presence of brackish water for the formation of the characteristical littoral subsoil fauna in the interstitial spaces of beaches.
There is little precipitation in the Red Sea area and therefore little influence of freshwater on the beach. Moreover, the sandy beach of Sarso Island (Farasan Archipelago) is bordered landwards and underneath by solid limestone, preventing subsoil fresh water, if there is any, from penetrating into the beach region. The salinity of the interstitial water from Sarso beach lies a little above the salinity of the adjacent sea.
The microfauna of Sarso beach is composed to a rather big proportion of such species that are known to be characteristical littoral subsoil water species, partially of world wide distribution. The ecological analysis of this fauna, i.e. the freeliving Nematodes, reveals the presence of two distinct associations:
1. the association of the low level subsoil region, close to the sea, with clear interstitial water, subject to regular exchange with the water of the adjcent sea.
2. the association of the high level subsoil region, 4-10 meter distant from the sea, with brownish water.
Contrary to earlier results there is no distinction in salinity between the two associations, so it is not longer justified to apply the term brackish water fauna on the animals living in the association of the high level subsoil region.
Coverage:
Latitude: 16.833333 * Longitude: 41.533333
Date/Time Start: 1964-12-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1964-12-07T00:00:00
Event(s):
Sarso_beach * Latitude: 16.833333 * Longitude: 41.533333 * Date/Time: 1964-12-07T00:00:00 * Location: Red Sea * Campaign: M1 (IIOE - International Indian Ocean Expedition) * Basis: Meteor (1964) * Method/Device: Sampling by hand (HAND)
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Gerlach, SA (1967): Groundwater observations at Sarso Beach, Red Sea (Table 1). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.605221
  2. Gerlach, SA (1967): The interstitial subsoil fauna of the lower beach level at Sarso Beach, Red Sea (Table 4). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.605224
  3. Gerlach, SA (1967): The interstitial subsoil fauna of the medium beach level at Sarso Beach, Red Sea (Table 3). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.605223
  4. Gerlach, SA (1967): The nematoda fauna of sediment samples of Sarso Islands, Red Sea (Table 5). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.605225
  5. Gerlach, SA (1967): The interstitial subsoil fauna of the upper beach level at Sarso Beach, Red Sea (Table 2). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.605222