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Meiofauna and nematodes from the Atacama Slope and Trench
Citation
Danovaro, R. (1997). Meiofauna and nematodes from the Atacama slope and trench. Polytechnic University of Marche; Faculty of Sciences; Department of Marine Sciences, Italy. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/883
Contact:
Danovaro, Roberto ;
Gambi, Maria Cristina
Availability: 
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
The meiofaunal abundance, biomass, community structure and nematode diversity were investigated in relation to the spatial distribution of the potential food sources in the Atacama trench and open slope (South Pacific Ocean).
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Deep sea, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Meiobenthos, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, Trenches (oceanic), WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISE, Chile, Atacama, Nematoda
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -71,35; MinLat: -23,7767 - MaxLong: -70,6233; MaxLat: -23,25 [WGS84]
Coordinates: MinLong: -71,35; MinLat: -23,7767 - MaxLong: -70,6233; MaxLat: -23,25 [WGS84]
ISE, Chile, Atacama [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
September 1997
Not relevant
Not relevant
Taxonomic coverage
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Parameters
Biopolymeric carbon (C)
Carbohydrates
Chlorophyll a
Count of Nematoda
Lipids
Median grain size
Phaeopigments
Protein
Total organic carbon (TOC)
Biopolymeric carbon (C)
Carbohydrates
Chlorophyll a
Count of Nematoda
Lipids
Median grain size
Phaeopigments
Protein
Total organic carbon (TOC)
Contributors
Polytechnic University of Marche; Faculty of Sciences; Department of Marine Sciences, more, data creator, data owner, data manager
Danovaro, Roberto
Gambi, Maria Cristina
Gambi, Maria Cristina
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
(Partly) included in:
MANUELA: MANUELA Database
Publication
Based on this dataset
Gambi, C. et al. (2003). Biodiversity of nematode assemblages from deep-sea sediments of the Atacama Slope and Trench (South Pacific Ocean). Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 50(1): 103-117. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00143-7
Danovaro, R. et al. (2002). Meiofauna hotspot in the Atacama Trench, eastern South Pacific Ocean. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 49(5): 843-857
URLs
Dataset information:
Other:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2009-03-10
Metadatarecord created: 2007-11-21
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
