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Title of Dataset
Data from: Deep-sea benthic ostracodes from multiple core and epibenthic sledge samples in Icelandic waters
Author of Dataset
Grimm, Maria2
Brandão, Simone N.3
Jöst, Anna1
Okahashi, Hisayo1
Iwatani, Hokuto1
Ostmann, Alexandra4
Martínez Arbizu, Pedro4
Contact
Yasuhara, Moriaki1
Date of Dataset Creation
2014-10-15
Description
Deep-sea benthic Ostracoda (Crustacea) in Icelandic waters are poorly known. Here we report deep-sea ostracode assemblages from the multiple core (MUC) and the epibenthic sledge (EBS) samples collected from Icelandic waters by the first cruise of the IceAGE (Icelandic Marine Animals: Genetics and Ecology) project. Samples from shelf-edge and lower-bathyal working areas are examined. The results show (1) distinct MUC and EBS faunas due to the large difference in mesh size of MUC and EBS; and (2) distinct shelf-edge and lower-bathyal ostracode faunas. Such remarkable faunal turnover from shelf to bathyal depths is similar to the faunal turnovers reported from depth transects in the adjacent regions of the western North Atlantic Ocean, the Greenland Sea, and the North Sea, but, at the same time, there are certain differences in the faunal composition between the Icelandic waters and these adjacent regions. In addition, we illustrate many Icelandic deep-sea ostracode species with high-resolution scanning electron microscopy and composite all-in-focus stereomicroscopic images for the first time. These results provide important basic information on deep-sea ostracode research and biogeography of this important region connecting North Atlantic proper and Nordic Seas.
Citation
Yasuhara, M, Grimm, M, Brandão, SN, Jöst, A, Okahashi, H, Iwatani, H, Ostmann, A, Martínez Arbizu, P. (2014). Data from: Deep-sea benthic ostracodes from multiple core and epibenthic sledge samples in Icelandic waters. [Data File]. Access to Files at http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s3013
Subject (RGC Codes)
M1 — Biological Sciences — 生物科學
  • 1105 — Ecology — 生態學
Subject (ANZSRC)
06 — BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES — 生物科學
  • 0602 — ECOLOGY — 生態學
    • 060205 — Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) — 海洋與河口生態
Keyword
shelf edge
lower bathyal
IceAGE project
biogeography
Affiliations
  1. Univ Hong Kong, Sch Biol Sci, Swire Inst Marine Sci, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China ; Univ Hong Kong, Dept Earth Sci, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
  2. Univ Bremen, Inst Okol, Fachbereich 2, D-28334 Bremen, Germany ; DZMB, D-26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany ; Univ Hamburg, Biozentrum Grindel, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany ; Univ Hamburg, Zool Museum, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
  3. DZMB, D-26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany ; Univ Hamburg, Biozentrum Grindel, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany ; Univ Hamburg, Zool Museum, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany ; Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Lab Geol & Geofis Marinha & Monitoramento Ambient, Ctr Ciencias Exatas, Dept Geol, BR-59072970 Natal, RN, Brazil
  4. DZMB, D-26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany