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Gutow, Lars; Petersen, Imke; Giménez, Luis; Thiel, Martin; Rivedeneira, Marcelo M (2021): Rafting communities on pelagic Sargassum and floating marine debris in the Sargasso Sea [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931845

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Published: 2021-05-27 • DOI registered: 2021-06-29

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Abstract:
Pelagic Sargassum and floating marine debris were collected during cruise MSM41 of the German research vessel Maria S. Merian in April 2015 in the Sargasso Sea, western subtropical North Atlantic. In total 39 debris samples and 42 Sargassum samples were taken and characterized. The associated biota was analyzed. Mobile species were counted, sessile organisms were recorded as present/absent. A visual ship-based survey was conducted to quantify pelagic Sargassum and floating marine debris in the Sargasso Sea. Biomass and surface area of Sargassum was measured from thalli beached at Sisal Beach, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico to establish the biomass:surface area ratio for the two species Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans.
Keyword(s):
epibiota; floating marine debris; pollution; rafting; Sargasso Sea; Sargassum community
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 25.684442 * Median Longitude: -68.916841 * South-bound Latitude: 21.270000 * West-bound Longitude: -89.720000 * North-bound Latitude: 32.291067 * East-bound Longitude: -58.004183
Date/Time Start: 2015-04-01T16:17:00 * Date/Time End: 2016-11-03T00:00:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
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Datasets listed in this bundled publication

  1. Gutow, L; Petersen, I; Giménez, L et al. (2021): Metadata of transects of visual ship based flotsam survey in the Sargasso Sea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931834
  2. Gutow, L; Petersen, I; Giménez, L et al. (2021): Characteristics of flotsam samples from Sargasso Sea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931831
  3. Gutow, L; Petersen, I; Giménez, L et al. (2021): Rafting assemblages on pelagic Sargassum and floating marine debris from the Sargasso Sea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931830
  4. Gutow, L; Petersen, I; Giménez, L et al. (2021): Natural and anthropogenic flotsam in the Sargasso Sea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931833
  5. Gutow, L; Petersen, I; Giménez, L et al. (2021): Surface area:biomass relationship for Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans from Sisal Beach, Mexico. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931835