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Marquardt, Miriam; Kramer, Maike; Carnat, Gauthier; Werner, Iris (2011): (Table 1) Snow and sea ice characteristics at stations sampled during a CCGS Amundsen cruise in 2008, eastern Beaufort Sea [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.817877, Supplement to: Marquardt, M et al. (2011): Vertical distribution of sympagic meiofauna in sea ice in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. Polar Biology, 34(12), 1887-1900, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-011-1078-y

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Abstract:
This is the first study to determine vertical distribution patterns of sympagic meiofauna, including metazoans, protozoans and eggs >20 µm, in the Amundsen Gulf (southeastern Beaufort Sea, Arctic). Full sea-ice cores were sampled from mid of March to end of May 2008 (Circumpolar Flaw Lead system study). Investigations were performed on first-year ice from three pack- and three fast-ice stations. Additionally, 5-cm bottom-ice sections were sampled at 13 pack-ice and 5 fast-ice stations. The metazoan community was composed of nematodes, rotifers, copepods, copepod nauplii, platyhelminthes and a few rare taxa such as mollusks, cnidarians and nemerteans. High numbers of eggs, between 50 and 2,188 eggs/L, particularly of nematodes and copepods, were present in the ice. Investigations revealed also eggs of the pelagic species Calanus hyperboreus and Sagitta spp. within the ice, so that further research is needed to clarify whether more organisms than expected might use this habitat as a reproduction ground. Many different morphotypes of protozoans were observed in the samples, especially ciliates of the order Euplotida. The highest abundance was always found in the lowermost 5 cm of the ice cores, nevertheless sympagic meiofauna was not restricted to that part of the ice. Integrated meiofauna abundance ranged between 41 and 4,738 x 10**2 Ind/m**2 and was highest in the fast ice in early May. Differences between pack and fast ice in terms of integrated meiofauna communities and vertical distribution were not significant, while the analysis of the bottom-ice sections indicated both a temporal development and ice-type-specific differences.
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 5472008: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 71.512880 * Median Longitude: -123.947110 * South-bound Latitude: 70.322000 * West-bound Longitude: -126.611170 * North-bound Latitude: 74.861170 * East-bound Longitude: -120.000000
Date/Time Start: 2008-03-17T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2008-05-28T00:00:00
Minimum ELEVATION: -517 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: -23 m a.s.l.
Event(s):
CFL08_D29-1  * Latitude: 71.513000 * Longitude: -123.794170 * Date/Time: 2008-03-17T00:00:00 * Elevation: -401.0 m * Location: Amundsen Gulf, Canada * Campaign: CCGSA_4-10_CFL08 (Circumpolar Flaw Lead Leg 4-10a) * Basis: CCGS Amundsen * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
CFL08_D32-1  * Latitude: 71.083330 * Longitude: -122.277830 * Date/Time: 2008-03-22T00:00:00 * Location: Amundsen Gulf, Canada * Campaign: CCGSA_4-10_CFL08 (Circumpolar Flaw Lead Leg 4-10a) * Basis: CCGS Amundsen * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
CFL08_D33  * Latitude: 71.111200 * Longitude: -121.305500 * Date/Time Start: 2008-03-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2008-04-04T00:00:00 * Elevation: -180.0 m * Location: Beaufort Sea * Campaign: CCGSA_4-10_CFL08 (Circumpolar Flaw Lead Leg 4-10a) * Basis: CCGS Amundsen * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
Comment:
Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
Event labelEvent
Latitude of eventLatitude
Longitude of eventLongitude
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
Station labelStationMarquardt, Miriam
ELEVATIONElevationm a.s.l.Geocode
Snow typeSnowMarquardt, MiriamL = low (<8 cm snow depth), M = medium (8-15 cm snow depth), H = high (>15 cm snow depth)
Sea ice thicknessEsEsmMarquardt, Miriam
NumberNoMarquardt, Miriamof cores for ice calculation
10 Snow thicknessSnow thickmMarquardt, Miriam
11 NumberNoMarquardt, Miriamof cores for snow calculation
12 FreeboardFreeboardmMarquardt, Miriam
13 NumberNoMarquardt, Miriamof cores for freeboard calculation
14 Temperature, airTTT°CMarquardt, Miriam
15 Temperature, ice/snowt°CMarquardt, Miriam# = data from 2008-05-09
16 Temperature, waterTemp°CMarquardt, Miriam# = data from 2008-05-09
Size:
187 data points

Data

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Event

Latitude

Longitude

Date/Time

Station

Elevation [m a.s.l.]

Snow
(L = low (<8 cm snow depth), M...)

EsEs [m]

No
(of cores for ice calculation)
10 
Snow thick [m]
11 
No
(of cores for snow calculation)
12 
Freeboard [m]
13 
No
(of cores for freeboard calcul...)
14 
TTT [°C]
15 
t [°C]
(# = data from 2008-05-09)
16 
Temp [°C]
(# = data from 2008-05-09)
CFL08_D29-1 71.513-123.7942008-03-17D29-4011.30010.16010.1501-28.7-24.0-1.1
CFL08_D32-1 71.083-122.2782008-03-22D32M1.32040.13040.0904-27.0-23.8-1.3
CFL08_D33 71.111-121.3062008-03-25D33-188M1.39560.10860.0906-26.1-1.1
CFL08_D3371.111-121.3062008-03-28D33-188M1.41050.07550.1105-23.1-19.8-1.1
CFL08_D3371.111-121.3062008-03-31D33-188M1.46050.05550.1105-26.1-20.7-1.1
CFL08_D3371.111-121.3062008-04-03D33-179M1.44050.11550.1005-24.0-20.8-1.1
CFL08_D36-1 71.389-124.3612008-04-06D36-316M1.56050.06860.1305-9.5-14.0-1.2
CFL08_D38-1 71.255-124.6172008-04-11D38-288L1.25060.02060.1106-16.1-12.0-1.1
CFL08_D41-1 70.650-121.9002008-04-16D41-5171.31050.1105-13.9-12.9-1.2
CFL08_D41-170.650-121.9002008-04-19D41-517M1.29070.12570.1057-10.0-12.8-1.1
CFL08_D43-1 70.718-123.2852008-04-29D43-193M1.29090.10890.1109-10.8-9.4-1.4
CFL08_D43-2 71.389-125.5282008-05-02D43-190M1.33050.11550.0805-6.8-6.6-1.3
CFL08_D43-3 71.333-126.6112008-05-05D43-413H1.40050.11050.0905-9.0-8.4-1.4
CFL08_F1-2 70.322-125.0802008-05-08FI-198M1.32050.12050.1055#-7.1#-5.5-1.1
CFL08_F2-2 70.583-126.2782008-05-13F2-23H1.74560.10070.1207-1.5-0.5-1.1
CFL08_F3-1 71.944-120.0002008-05-20F3-132M1.28030.10030.1003-0.5-0.3-0.8
CFL08_F4-1 73.028-126.0562008-05-24F4-106M1.15040.10040.08542.5-0.5-1.1
CFL08_F5-1 74.861-124.1672008-05-28F5-375L-2.0-2.0-0.8