Abundance and diversity of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) from the Greenlandic shelf

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Citation_Information:

Originator: Bente Stransky
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title:: Abundance and diversity of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) from the Greenlandic shelf
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Online_Linkage: <http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata>

Description:

Abstract:: The species composition of Amphipoda (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida) of the Greenland shelf south of 65°N was investigated by means of 18 epibenthic samples over a sampling period of three years (2001, 2002, 2004). The samples were taken using a Rauschert sledge in depths between 106 and 251 m. In total, 62,205 specimens were identified belonging to 154 species. The amphipods from the South Greenland shelf represent in general a homogeneously distributed community with respect to evenness (J’), diversity (H’) and Hurlbert’s rarefaction E (S500). Multivariate analyses of the species abundances divided the amphipods into a southeastern and southwestern fauna. Among the species most contributing to the separation between East and West, Hardametopa nasuta, Photis reinhardi and Phoxocephalus holboelli were identified. With respect to evenness and diversity, the amphipod community was stable over the three years. We used the WORMS database to present species in this metadata.
Purpose:: To assess species composition, abundance, distribution, diversity and temporal changes of the benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida) of the South Greenland shelf.

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20011023
Ending_Date: 20041029

Currentness_Reference: publication date

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Progress:
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: South Greenland shelf

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 52.58
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.20
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 64.42
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 60.00

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Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: AOOS Data Services
Theme_Keyword: dsid=ARCOD
Theme_Keyword: db=arcod
Theme_Keyword: archive=2007/0000025
Theme_Keyword: collectioncode=2006B1

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: Amphipoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca)
Theme_Keyword: Peracarida
Theme_Keyword: epibenthos
Theme_Keyword: shelf
Theme_Keyword: abundance
Theme_Keyword: distribution
Theme_Keyword: diversity
Theme_Keyword: community analysis

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: South Greenland
Place_Keyword: North Atlantic

Taxonomy:

Keywords/Taxon:

Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Taxonomic_Keywords: collection
Taxonomic_Keywords: multiple species
Taxonomic_Keywords: single species
Taxonomic_Keywords: Autonoe borealis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Aeginella spinosa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Aeginina longicornis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Caprella ciliata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Caprella dubia
Taxonomic_Keywords: Caprella rinki
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cerops holboelli
Taxonomic_Keywords: Proaeginina norvegica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Caprellidae spec.
Taxonomic_Keywords: Protomedeia fasciata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Dulichia falcata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Dulichia spinosissima
Taxonomic_Keywords: Dyopedos porrectus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Paradulichia typica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ericthonius megalops
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ischyrocerus anguipes
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ischyrocerus latipes
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ischyrocerus megacheir
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ischyrocerus megalops
Taxonomic_Keywords: Siphonoecetes typicus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Photis reinhardi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Gammaropsis melanops
Taxonomic_Keywords: Laetmatophilus tuberculatus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Podoceridae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Unicola laticornis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Unicola leucopis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Unicola planipes
Taxonomic_Keywords: Unicola
Taxonomic_Keywords: Unciolidae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Amphilochus manudens
Taxonomic_Keywords: Amphilochus tenuimanus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Gitanopsis arctica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Gitanopsis bispinosa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Amphilochidae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ampelisca aequicornis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ampelisca eschrichtii
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ampelisca macrocephala
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ampelisca spinipes
Taxonomic_Keywords: Byblis crassicornis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Byblis gaimardi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Haploops setosa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ampeliscidae spec.
Taxonomic_Keywords: Argissa hamatipes
Taxonomic_Keywords: Astyra abyssi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Atylus smitti
Taxonomic_Keywords: Paramphithoe hystrix
Taxonomic_Keywords: Eusirus propinquus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Rhachotropis aculeata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Rhachotropis inflata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Rhachotropis oculata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Eusiridae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Apherusa bispinosa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Apherusa sarsi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cleippides tricuspis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Laothoes meinerti
Taxonomic_Keywords: Acanthonotozoma cristatum
Taxonomic_Keywords: Acanthonotozoma serratum
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leucothoe spinicarpa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Liljeborgia fissicornis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Liljeborgia cf. macronyx
Taxonomic_Keywords: Liljeborgia pallida
Taxonomic_Keywords: Liljeborgia
Taxonomic_Keywords: Liljeborgiidae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Melita dentata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Melita gladiosa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Melita obtusata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Melitidae spec.
Taxonomic_Keywords: Melphidippida goesi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Melphidippida borealis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Melphidippidae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Odius carinatus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Bathymedon saussurei
Taxonomic_Keywords: Monoculodes borealis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Monoculodes latimanus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Monoculodes norvegicus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Monoculodes packardi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Monoculodes pallidus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Monoculodes subnudus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Monoculodes tesselatus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Monoculodes tuberculatus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Monoculodes
Taxonomic_Keywords: Oediceros borealis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Paroediceros lynceus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Paroediceros
Taxonomic_Keywords: Pontocrates
Taxonomic_Keywords: Westwoodilla brevicalcar
Taxonomic_Keywords: Westwoodilla caecula
Taxonomic_Keywords: Westwoodilla megalops
Taxonomic_Keywords: Oedicerotidae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Oedicerotidae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Pardalisca abyssi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Pardalisca cuspidata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Neopleustes boecki
Taxonomic_Keywords: Parapleustes biscuspis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Pleustes tuberculatus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Stenopleustes nodifer
Taxonomic_Keywords: Stenopleustes
Taxonomic_Keywords: Pleusitdae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Andaniopsis pectinata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Phippsia roemeri
Taxonomic_Keywords: Stegocephalus inflatus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Stegocephalidae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hardametopa nasuta
Taxonomic_Keywords: Metopa norvegica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Metopa propinqua
Taxonomic_Keywords: Stenothoidae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Bruzelia tuberculata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Syrrhoe crenulata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Syrrhoides serrata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Tiron spiniferum
Taxonomic_Keywords: Synopiidae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Urothoe elegans
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ambasia atlantica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ambasiella murmanica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Anonyx debruyni
Taxonomic_Keywords: Anonyx nugax
Taxonomic_Keywords: Aristias topsenti
Taxonomic_Keywords: Aristias tumidus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Gronella groenlandica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hippomedon denticulatus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hippomedon gorbunovi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hippomedon propinquus sibiricus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hippomedon robustus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Kerguelenia borealis japonica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Lysianella petalocera
Taxonomic_Keywords: Onisimus plautus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Orchomene lepidula
Taxonomic_Keywords: Orchomene macroserrata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Orchomene pectinata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Opisa eschrichtii
Taxonomic_Keywords: Schisturella
Taxonomic_Keywords: Socarnes bidenticulatus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Socarnes vahli
Taxonomic_Keywords: Tmetonyx cicada
Taxonomic_Keywords: Tryphosella schneideri
Taxonomic_Keywords: Lysianassidae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Harpinia crenulata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Harpinia plumosa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Harpinia propinquus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Harpinia
Taxonomic_Keywords: Paraphoxus oculatus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Phoxocephalus holboelli
Taxonomic_Keywords: Phoxocephalidae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Themisto abyssorum
Taxonomic_Keywords: Themisto gaudichaudi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Amphipoda

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Citation_Information:

Originator: WORMS database (not ITIS)
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Classification_System_Modifications:

The following species are not in WORMS, and thus not presented in the taxonmic tree: Caprella dubia Cerops holboelli Siphonoecetes typicus Unicola laticornis Unicola leucopis Unicola planipes Unicola Unciolidae Melphidippida goesi Melphidippida borealis Neopleustes boecki Pleustes tuberculatus Pleusitdae Andaniopsis pectinata Phippsia roemeri Syrrhoides serrata Hippomedon propinquus sibiricus Kerguelenia borealis japonica Orchomene lepidula Harpinia propinquus Phoxocephalus holboelli

Identification_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: WORMS
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title:
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Taxonomic_Procedures:

Sorting and identification of species by Bente Stransky and partly with the help of experts of specific taxa (Lysianassidae: Dr. C. de Broyer; Caprellidae: Dr. T. Krapp-Schickel; Corophioidea: Prof. A. Myers; Oedicerotidae: Dr. L. Buhl-Mortensen; Dr. C.O. Coleman for several taxa).

Taxonomic_Completeness:

All specimens were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible, namely species level. Unidentifiable species due to e.g. damage were determined as far as possible. Some species are supposedly new to science, but have not been described yet.
WORMS database was used. The following species were not found and thus not included in this metadata: Caprella dubia Cerops holboelli Siphonoecetes typicus Unicola laticornis Unicola leucopis Unicola planipes Unicola Unciolidae Melphidippida goesi Melphidippida borealis Neopleustes boecki Pleustes tuberculatus Pleusitdae Andaniopsis pectinata Phippsia roemeri Syrrhoides serrata Hippomedon propinquus sibiricus Kerguelenia borealis japonica Orchomene lepidula Harpinia propinquus Phoxocephalus holboelli