Seasonality of mesozooplankton abundance and vertical distribution in the Arctic Kongsfjord (Svalbard) , Norway

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Address:

Address: MANDATORY IF APPLICABLE for Data Store

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Silke Lischka, Wilhelm Hagen

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title:

Seasonality of mesozooplankton abundance and vertical distribution in the Arctic Kongsfjord (Svalbard) , Norway

Online_Linkage: na

Description:

Abstract:

Mesozooplankton collections were made during a one-year field period from August 1998 until July 1999 in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Norway, to investigate the seasonality of species composition, abundance, stage and vertical distribution. These data provide the first year-round zooplankton observation in Kongsfjorden. Sampling was carried out in the deepest accessible part of the fjord, weather permitting. Stratified samples were taken from bottom to surface (if weather conditions allowed: at depthclasses of 0 to 50 m, 50 to 100 m, 100 to 200 m, 200 to 300 m, 300 to 350 m), and were collected with a modified Apstein closing net (0.2 m2 mouth opening, 100 µm mesh).Sampling occurred either from R/V Jan Mayen (University of Tromsø vessel), a Norwegian coastguard vessel (R/V Lance), R/V Oceania (Polish Academy of Science, Sopot), a rubber dinghy, or from the ice through a drilled hole. Except onboard R/V Jan Mayen and R/V Oceania a hand-operated whinch was used for the net hauls. Depth, temperature and salinity were measured at each sampling event. Zooplankton abundance was dominated by North Atlantic and epipelagic species such as Calanus finmarchicus, Psdeudocalanus minutus and Oithona similis indicating a strong influence from the North Atlantic current as well as fjord characteristics.

Purpose:

Description of the mesozooplankton species composition, abundance and its seasonal changes in Kongfsjorden in the year 1998/99.

Supplemental_Information: Data set contains all taxa found including meroplanktic larvae.

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Time_Period_Information:

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Ending_Date: Unknown

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Progress: Planned

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

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Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Arctic, Svalbard, Kongsfjorden , Northern Norway

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: 11.96351

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 12.20269

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 78.94842

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 78.91837

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Theme_Keyword: vertical distribution

Theme_Keyword: stage distribution

Theme_Keyword: seasonal change

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Place_Keyword: stage distribution

Place_Keyword: seasonal change

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Place_Keyword: abundance

Place_Keyword: vertical distribution

Place_Keyword: stage distribution

Place_Keyword: seasonal change

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Place_Keyword: Svalbard, Spitsbergen

Place_Keyword: Kongfjorden

Place_Keyword: Norway

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Publication_Date: Unknown

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Copepods identified at least to family but mostly genus or species level; other species identified to genus or higher taxonomic groups. As the species names standard the European Register of Marine Species database was used: <http://www.marbef.org/data/erms.php>. Not all specimens could be identified to species. The taxonomic tree was produced with ITIS. Larvae were identified to larval type (e.g. cypris), but are reflected with the nomencalture of the adults in the metadata (e.g. Cirripedia). Trochophora larvae were omitted from the taxonomic listing in the metadata. Some individuals of certain species could only be identified with 90% confidence and included (Limacina cf. helicina juveniles; Metridia cf. lucens; Oithona cf. atlantica; Pseudocalanus cf. acuspes; Scolecithricella cf. minor; Themisto cf. abyssorum). Most coeppods were staged in addition to their identification (Calanus, Jaschnovia, Microcalanus, Paraeuchaeta. Pseudocalanus, Scolecithricella, Oithona), except Acartia and Oncaea, which were identified to their stages (CI to CV) and adult females and males, respectively. The three co-occurring Calanus species (C. hyperboreus, C. glacialis, C. finmarchicus) identification by cephalothorax length according to length limits set by Kwasniewski et al. 2003, JPR 25, 1–20 <http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/1/1>

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Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Silke Lischka

Contact_Organization: Institute for Polar Ecology, Kiel University

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: Wischhofstr. 1–3, Building 12

City: Kiel

State_or_Province: Schleswig Holstein

Postal_Code: 24148

Country: Germany

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: slischka@ipoe.uni-kiel.de

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lischka, S; Hagen, W

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title:

Life-histories of the copepods Pseudocalanus minutus, P. acuspes (Calanoida) and Oithona similis (Cyclopoida) in the Arctic Kongsfjorden (Svalbard). Polar Biology: 28:910–921

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Data_Set_Credit:

The sampling period in Kongsforden was funded by the German Research Council (DFG, Grant number: HA 1706/4-1)

Native_Data_Set_Environment: FileMaker, MacIntosh

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The same procedure was used at all sites and for all species; findings should be consistent.

Completeness_Report:

Mesh-size: 100 µm, 0.2m2 mouth opening, mostly five depth layers (0 to 50m, 50 to 100m, 100 to 200m, 200 to 300m, 300 to 350m), no spatial resolution but seasonal observation, sampling location was in the deepest accessible part of the fjord, except in March when sampling had to be done in the inner fjord basin were only two depth strata could be done (deeper strata are lacking in March)

Lineage:

Methodology:

Methodology_Type: Field and Lab

Methodology_Description:

Data were collected from 8 sampling periods: August 1998, September 1998, November 1998, February 1999, March 1999, May 1999, June 1999, July 1999 Mesozooplankton samples were concentrated over a 100µm mesh and preserved in borax-buffered formaldehyde seawater solution (4% final concentration). Preserved samples were sorted and identified under a stereo microscope (40 to 100x magnification) with bright-field illumination assuming 100% filtering efficiency of the net.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

explained in Methodology of Lischka and Hagen 2005. The three co-occurring Calanus species (C. hyperboreus, C. glacialis, C. finmarchicus) were identified by cephalothorax length according to length limits set by Kwasniewski et al. 2003, JPR 25, 1–20 <http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/1/1>

Process_Date: Unknown

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Mesh size of 100µm was chosen because the study focus was on smaller sized species, specifically smaller sized copepod crustaceans (Pseudocalanus minutus, Oithona similis). 100 µm mesh size allows to catch most copepodite stages of P. minutus and the older copepodites (CI to CV) of O. similis quantitatively. (Copepodites are the young stages of copepods. They are abbreviated CI to CV with CI being the smallest). As normal in such datasets, users should be aware that detectability problems can occur and are not quantified, see for instance Gallienne and Robins (2001), J Plankton Res 23:14211432). <http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/23/12/1421> and other references on issues of quantitative sampling, and confirmed presence/absences.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Not high, GPS data are lacking, positioning was according to landmarks; it was always tried to sample at the deepest part of the fjord which is quite close to Ny Ålesund settlement between Brandalpynten and Blomstrandhalvöya. The actual position was then estimated from landmarks and an ocean map. If weather and sea-ice conditions did not allow to reach this part of the fjord, sampling was at the deepest accessible part of the fjord according to the map.

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Landmarks

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0

Longitude_Resolution: 0

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: MesozooplanktonKongsfjord

Entity_Type_Definition:

This data set is a flat XML file, derived from a FileMaker file in MAC

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Institute for Polar Ecology, Kiel (IPOE)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Abundance

Attribute_Definition: Abundance of specimens per unit volume (m3)

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Biomass

Attribute_Definition: total biomass (ash-free dry mass)

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Species

Attribute_Definition: Species name

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Stage

Attribute_Definition:

copepodite stage and sex of the adults. For P. minutus also copepodites CIV and CV were sex determined.

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude

Attribute_Definition: Geographic latitude taken from map

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude

Attribute_Definition: Geographic longitude taken from map

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Maxtowdepth

Attribute_Definition: depth to where the open net was lowered

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Bottom depth

Attribute_Definition: depth of the bottom where the net was taken

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Salinity

Attribute_Definition: Salinity at the selected depth

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Temperature

Attribute_Definition: Temperature at the selected depth

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DateDay

Attribute_Definition: Day 2 decimals

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DateMonth

Attribute_Definition: Month 2 decimals

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DateYear

Attribute_Definition: Year 4 decimals

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Samplingtime

Attribute_Definition:

Sampling time when the sample was taken; usually collected from dinghy and through an ice-hole respectively.

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Condition(ice/water)

Attribute_Definition: ice or water conditions of the fjord, respectively

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lightcondition

Attribute_Definition: Midnight sun, day sun, twilight, polar night

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Platform

Attribute_Definition: working platform, e.g. rubber-dinghy, ice-hole, shipname

Attribute_Definition_Source: IPOE

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Silke Lischka

Contact_Organization: Institute for Polar Ecology (IPOE), Kiel University, Germany

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: Wischhofstr. 1–3, Building 12

City: Kiel

State_or_Province: Schleswig Hollstein

Postal_Code: D-24148

Country: Germany

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: slischka@ipoe.uni-kiel.de

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at ArcOD, University of Alaska, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a University of Alaska server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The University of Alaska shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.

Standard_Order_Process:

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070418

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Silke Lischka, Falk Huettmann

Contact_Organization: EWHALE lab, University of Alaska-Fairbanks

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 419 Irving I, Inst. of Arctic Biology, Biology & Wildlife Dept.

City: Fairbanks

State_or_Province: Alaska

Postal_Code: 99775

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 907 474 7882

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