Meiofauna of the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea), 2013-2014
Meiofauna monitoring in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea, southern Italy), 2013-2014 in the framework of the Italian flagship project RITMARE. In June 2013 and April 2014, sampling was carried out at four sites by scuba divers who collected five virtually undisturbed sediment cores using polycarbonate sample tubes (12.7 cm I.D. with a sample area of 127 cm2). In laboratory, one sediment core was subsampled by means of 3 cut-off plastic syringes (2.7 cm I.D., surface area of 5.72 cm2, 0-10 cm top sediment) in order to obtain three pseudoreplicates for the meiofauna. Meiofaunal organisms (38–1000 µm) were extracted from sediment subsamples by sieving each pseudoreplicate and by centrifuging the material retained by a 38 μm mesh net with Ludox HS-40 (density of 1.15–1.18 g cm−3). All meiobenthic organisms were counted and taxonomically classified to the main groups under a stereomicroscope (Olympus SZX12; final magnification of 32-40x)
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- 2021-12-02
- Title
- Meiofauna of the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea), 2013-2014
- Abstract
- Meiofauna monitoring in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea, southern Italy), 2013-2014 in the framework of the Italian flagship project RITMARE. In June 2013 and April 2014, sampling was carried out at four sites by scuba divers who collected five virtually undisturbed sediment cores using polycarbonate sample tubes (12.7 cm I.D. with a sample area of 127 cm2). In laboratory, one sediment core was subsampled by means of 3 cut-off plastic syringes (2.7 cm I.D., surface area of 5.72 cm2, 0-10 cm top sediment) in order to obtain three pseudoreplicates for the meiofauna. Meiofaunal organisms (38–1000 µm) were extracted from sediment subsamples by sieving each pseudoreplicate and by centrifuging the material retained by a 38 μm mesh net with Ludox HS-40 (density of 1.15–1.18 g cm−3). All meiobenthic organisms were counted and taxonomically classified to the main groups under a stereomicroscope (Olympus SZX12; final magnification of 32-40x)
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- en
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- Dataset Creator
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- Keywords (ASFA )
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- Marine
- Meiobenthos
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 17.26055555
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 17.29611111
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 40.48361111
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 40.47944444
Geographic Coveragehttp://marineregions.org/mrgid/3605
- Geographic Description
- MED, Italy, Puglia, Mare Piccolo
Temporal Coverage
Range of Dates
- Begin Date
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2013-06-11
- End Date
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2014-04-07
Taxonomic Coverageurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1300
- General Taxonomic Coverage
- urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1300
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
- class
- Taxonomic Rank Value
- Arachnida
Taxonomic Coverageurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105
- General Taxonomic Coverage
- urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
- class
- Taxonomic Rank Value
- Bivalvia
Taxonomic Coverageurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101
- General Taxonomic Coverage
- urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
- class
- Taxonomic Rank Value
- Gastropoda
Taxonomic Coverageurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:889925
- General Taxonomic Coverage
- urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:889925
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
- class
- Taxonomic Rank Value
- Hexanauplia
Taxonomic Coverageurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1071
- General Taxonomic Coverage
- urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1071
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
- class
- Taxonomic Rank Value
- Malacostraca
Taxonomic Coverageurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078
- General Taxonomic Coverage
- urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
- class
- Taxonomic Rank Value
- Ostracoda
Taxonomic Coverageurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883
- General Taxonomic Coverage
- urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
- class
- Taxonomic Rank Value
- Polychaeta
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