Citation:

PANGAEA.932636

Name: Meiofauna abundance from multicorer and box corer samples for seven stations from the Weddell Sea (POLARSTERN cruise PS 96, ANT-XXXI/2, December 2015–February 2016)
Published: 2021-06-15
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Antarctic; box corer; community composition; fauna abundance; meiofauna; MultiCorer; sediment depth layers; Southern Ocean; taxa; Weddell Sea

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Abstract:

This dataset provides abundance data for meiofauna taxa determined from sediment samples collected in the Weddell Sea (mostly South-Eastern). A minimum of three samples (cores) were collected at each station with a MUC10 multicorer or taken from a giant box corer during PS96. Sediment cores were sliced into depth layers (stations 017, 026, 061, 072: 0–2cm, 2–5cm, 5– bottom; stations 001, 037, 048: 0–1cm, 1–2cm, 2–3cm, 3–4cm, 4–5cm, 5– bottom) and preserved in 4%-borax-buffered formaldehyde solution prior to sieving (upper sieve size 500 µm, lower sieve size 32 µm) and counting (detailed methods in Säring et al. submitted). Abundance is presented per depth layer from the top 5 cm (note different slice volume) as ind./10 cm². Meiofauna communities included individuals from 22 higher taxa. The meiofauna abundance data are part of a larger ecological study on meio- and macrofauna communities and their relation to environmental conditions and remineralisation at the sediment-water interface (see “Related to” below). For the larger study, sediment cores from which meiofauna abundance data are deposited here were also used for microcosm incubations: Untreated incubations (Benthic ecosystem Function Experiments BEFEx), and incubations with and without microalgae addition (Algae Feeding Experiment AFEx). Cores from BEFEx and AFEx without algae are labeled with NT (not treated), cores from AFEx with algae are labeled as T (treated).

Keyword(s):

Antarctic; box corer; community composition; fauna abundance; meiofauna; MultiCorer; sediment depth layers; Southern Ocean; taxa; Weddell Sea

Supplement to:

Säring, Friederike; Veit-Köhler, Gritta; Seifert, Derya; Liskow, Iris; Link, Heike (2022): Sea-ice-related environmental drivers affect meiofauna and macrofauna communities differently at large scales (Southern Ocean, Antarctic). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 700, 13-37, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14188

Related to:

Säring, Friederike; Link, Heike; Behrend, Ben; Bodur, Yasemin V; Liskow, Iris; Veit-Köhler, Gritta (2021): Biotic and abiotic water-column characteristics (Chla, Phaeo, TC, TN, δ13C, δ15N) at stations in the Weddell Sea (POLARSTERN cruise PS 96, ANT-XXXI/2, December 2015–February 2016). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932762

Säring, Friederike; Seifert, Derya; Link, Heike (2021): Macrofauna abundance from multicorer and box corer samples for seven stations from the Weddell Sea (POLARSTERN cruise PS 96, ANT-XXXI/2, December 2015–February 2016). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932658

Säring, Friederike; Veit-Köhler, Gritta; Behrend, Ben; Seifert, Derya; Liskow, Iris; Link, Heike (2021): Sediment characteristics (Chla, Phaeo, TOC, TN, δ13C, δ15N, grain size) at stations in the Weddell Sea (POLARSTERN cruise PS 96, ANT-XXXI/2, December 2015–February 2016). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932718

Veit-Köhler, Gritta; Durst, Stephan; Schuckenbrock, Jan; Hellmann, Annika; Bruhn, Marco; Durán Suja, Laura; Hauquier, Freija (2017): Meiofauna counts during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXIX/3 in January-March 2013: Weddell Sea, Bransfield Strait, Drake Passage. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.882582

Further details:

Schröder, Michael (2016): The Expedition PS96 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the southern Weddell Sea in 2015/2016. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research, 700, 142 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0700_2016

Project(s):

Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas (SPP1158)

Funding:

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AWI_PS96_02

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn (DFG), grant/award no. 238058495 : Dynamics of benthic ecosystem functioning in response to the disintegration of the ice shelves in the western Weddell Sea

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn (DFG), grant/award no. 365901123 : Bedeutung von Meio- und Makrofauna für Ökosystemfunktion: Auswirkungen regional unterschiedlicher Eisbedeckungsmuster

German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 5472008 : Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas

Coverage:

Median Latitude: -74.738218 * Median Longitude: -32.105345 * South-bound Latitude: -76.098830 * West-bound Longitude: -42.461830 * North-bound Latitude: -70.889170 * East-bound Longitude: -11.117830

Date/Time Start: 2015-12-24T01:29:00 * Date/Time End: 2016-01-24T00:11:00

Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.005 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.350 m

Event(s):

PS96/001-7 * Latitude: -70.889500 * Longitude: -11.118330 * Date/Time: 2015-12-24T01:29:00 * Elevation: -309.0 m * Location: Weddell Sea * Campaign: (ANT-XXXI/2 FROSN) * Basis: * Method/Device: MultiCorer (MUC)

PS96/001-8 * Latitude: -70.889170 * Longitude: -11.117830 * Date/Time: 2015-12-24T02:07:00 * Elevation: -309.0 m * Location: Weddell Sea * Campaign: (ANT-XXXI/2 FROSN) * Basis: * Method/Device: MultiCorer (MUC)

PS96/017-3 * Latitude: -75.014170 * Longitude: -32.875170 * Date/Time: 2016-01-04T18:41:00 * Elevation: -608.2 m * Recovery: 0.15 m * Location: Weddell Sea * Campaign: (ANT-XXXI/2 FROSN) * Basis: * Method/Device: Giant box corer (GKG) * Comment: shared with biology, 1 subcore

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Säring, Friederike
2	Date/Time of event	Date/Time		Säring, Friederike
3	Latitude of event	Latitude		Säring, Friederike
4	Longitude of event	Longitude		Säring, Friederike
5	Elevation of event	Elevation	m	Säring, Friederike
6	Cruise/expedition	Expedition		Säring, Friederike
7	Station label	Station		Säring, Friederike
8	Gear identification number	Gear ID		Säring, Friederike		MUC no.
9	Sample ID	Sample ID		Säring, Friederike		Core no.
10	Gear	Gear		Säring, Friederike
11	Experiment	Exp		Säring, Friederike		Benthic ecosystem Function Experiments: BEFEx, Algae Feeding Experiment: AFEx
12	Treatment	Treat		Säring, Friederike		Treated with algae: T, Not treated with algae: NT
13	DEPTH, sediment/rock	Depth sed	m	Säring, Friederike		Geocode
14	Depth, top/min	Depth top	m	Säring, Friederike
15	Depth, bottom/max	Depth bot	m	Säring, Friederike
16	Acari	Acari	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
17	Amphipoda	Amphipoda	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
18	Annelida	Annelida	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
19	Bivalvia	Bivalvia	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
20	Cladocera	Cladocera	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
21	Coelenterata	Coelenterata	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
22	Copepoda	Copepoda	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
23	Copepoda, nauplii	Copepoda naup	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
24	Cumacea	Cumacea	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
25	Gastropoda	Gastropoda	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
26	Gastrotricha	Gastrotricha	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
27	Isopoda	Isopoda	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
28	Kinorhyncha	Kinorhyncha	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
29	Loricifera	Loricifera	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
30	Nematoda	Nematoda	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
31	Ostracoda	Ostracoda	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
32	Priapulida	Priapulida	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
33	Rotifera	Rotifera	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
34	Sipunculida	Sipunculida	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
35	Solenogastres	Solenogastres	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
36	Tanaidacea	Tanaidacea	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
37	Tantulocarida	Tantulocarida	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
38	Tardigrada	Tardigrada	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction
39	Meiofauna, other	Meiof oth	#/10 cm²	Säring, Friederike	Counting 32-500 µm fraction	undetermined

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

3399 data points

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