Lischka, Silke; Bach, Lennart Thomas; Csenteri, Katharina; Gorb, Stanislav N; Konschak, Sonja; Michels, Jan (2024): Dry mass, nitrogen and carbon mass of thecosome pteropods and further mesozooplankton higher taxonomic groups during Polarstern cruise PS111 (ANT-XXXIII/2) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.966219
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Abstract:
At high latitudes, thecosome pteropods (marine pelagic mollusks) can dominate zooplankton communities and are important food web components. Due to their calcium carbonate shell made of aragonite, they significantly contribute to ocean carbon flux and are particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification. Despite their prominent role in the pelagic ecosystem, knowledge on the importance of thecosome pteropods for the Weddell Sea zooplankton community is scarce. Furthermore, aragonite undersaturation (Ωar < 1) events are projected to rapidly increase in frequency and duration in the Antarctic Weddell Sea by 2050 due to uptake of increasing amounts of anthropogenic CO2. This potentially perils thecosomes by inducing shell dissolution. The project aim was to describe the importance of thecosome pteropods in terms of their biomass contribution relative to that of the other higher taxonomic mesozooplankton groups in the Weddell Sea pelagic ecosystem and to describe the current shell dissolution state of thecosome pteropods in relation to prevailing ocean carbonate chemistry conditions as a benchmark for possible future monitoring of ongoing ocean change processes. This dataset includes biomass (dry mass, nitrogen and carbon mass) of thecosomes (Limacina helicina antarctica) and other mesozooplankton groups usually collected from 500 m depth during PS111 at the eastern Weddell Sea Shelf and the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf.
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: -76.045887 * Median Longitude: -38.845848 * South-bound Latitude: -77.898083 * West-bound Longitude: -60.796031 * North-bound Latitude: -73.699743 * East-bound Longitude: -25.729409
Date/Time Start: 2018-02-03T02:24:00 * Date/Time End: 2018-02-28T10:05:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 250 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 500 m
Event(s):
PS111_17-3 * Latitude: -73.699743 * Longitude: -25.729409 * Date/Time: 2018-02-03T02:24:00 * Elevation: -3239.0 m * Location: Weddell Sea * Campaign: PS111 (ANT-XXXIII/2) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Bongo net (BONGO)
PS111_23-2 * Latitude: -75.953539 * Longitude: -32.044744 * Date/Time: 2018-02-05T00:31:00 * Elevation: -749.0 m * Location: Weddell Sea * Campaign: PS111 (ANT-XXXIII/2) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Bongo net (BONGO)
PS111_28-2 * Latitude: -75.975126 * Longitude: -28.417442 * Date/Time: 2018-02-05T21:09:00 * Elevation: -356.0 m * Location: Weddell Sea * Campaign: PS111 (ANT-XXXIII/2) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Bongo net (BONGO)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Lischka, Silke | |||
| 2 | Date/Time of event | Date/Time | Lischka, Silke | |||
| 3 | Latitude of event | Latitude | Lischka, Silke | |||
| 4 | Longitude of event | Longitude | Lischka, Silke | |||
| 5 | Method/Device of event | Method/Device | Lischka, Silke | |||
| 6 | DEPTH, water | Depth water | m | Lischka, Silke | Geocode – Sampling depth of pteropods, integrated vertical hauls | |
| 7 | Group | Group | Lischka, Silke | Mesozooplankton taxonomic group | ||
| 8 | Taxon/taxa, unique identification | Taxa UID | Lischka, Silke | |||
| 9 | Taxon/taxa, unique identification (Semantic URI) | Taxa UID (Semantic URI) | Lischka, Silke | |||
| 10 | Taxon/taxa, unique identification (URI) | Taxa UID (URI) | Lischka, Silke | |||
| 11 | Mesozooplankton, biomass, dry mass | Mesozoopl biom dm | mg/m3 | Lischka, Silke | Ultramicrobalance, Mettler Toledo, XP2U | |
| 12 | Nitrogen, per dry mass | N/dm | mg/mg | Lischka, Silke | EURO EA Elemental Analyzer | |
| 13 | Carbon, per dry mass | C/dm | mg/mg | Lischka, Silke | EURO EA Elemental Analyzer | |
| 14 | Carbon/Nitrogen ratio | C/N | mol/mol | Lischka, Silke | EURO EA Elemental Analyzer |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
573 data points