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Ferronato, Carola; Guinder, Valeria A; Chidichimo, Maria Paz; López-Abbate, Celeste; Amodeo, Martín (2022): Nano- and microplankton in the northern Patagonian shelf (SW South Atlantic) during austral spring and summer [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942679, In: Ferronato, C et al. (2022): Nano- and microplankton and chlorophyll a from B. Houssay cruises to the northern Patagonian shelf (SW South Atlantic) during austral spring and summer [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942680

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Abstract:
The species composition and structure (e.g. abundance and biomass) of protistan plankton (cell size > 5 µm) and in situ chorophyll a were assessed in a shallow (<50 m depth) inner shelf area of the Argentine Shelf called El Rincón (38º-41°S). Surface water samples (5 m depth) for plankton quantification were taken with Niskin bottles during four oceanographic cruises (two in early austral spring and two in late austral summer- early fall), onboard the vessel B. Houssay accounting for a total of 36 sampling stations. These samples were analyzed under optical microscopy following the inverted microscope technique with sedimentation chambers. Cells enumeration and identification was made up to species, genus or family level, which were afterward categorized in taxonomical groups: diatoms, dinoflagellates, coccolithophores and nanoflagellates. Carbon content was calculated following the method of Menden-Deuer et al. (2000) in which biovolume was estimated assigning a geometrical shape to each species (Hillebrand et al., 1999). The biomass is the result of multiplying the carbon content of a species by its abundance in the sample. The studied area supports important fishes of commercial interest, therefore plankton biodiversity records are neccesary to understand possible shifts at the population and community levels that might have cascading effects on marine ecosystems' productivity.
Keyword(s):
Coccolithophores; diatoms; Dinoflagellates; inner shelf; optical microscopy; Phytoplankton
Supplement to:
Ferronato, Carola; Guinder, Valeria A; Chidichimo, Maria Paz; López-Abbate, Celeste; Amodeo, Martín (2021): Zonation of protistan plankton in a productive area of the Patagonian shelf: Potential implications for the anchovy distribution. Food Webs, 29, e00211, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2021.e00211
Further details:
Hillebrand, Helmut; Dürselen, Claus-Dieter; Kirschtel, David; Pollingher, U; Zohary, Tamar (1999): Biovolume calculation for pelagic and benthic microalgae. Journal of Phycology, 35(2), 403-424, https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3520403.x
Menden-Deuer, Susanne; Lessard, Evelyn J (2000): Carbon to volume relationships for dinoflagellates, diatoms, and other protist plankton. Limnology and Oceanography, 45(3), 569-579, https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2000.45.3.0569
Utermöhl, H (1958): Zur Vervollkommnung der quantitativen Phytoplankton-Methodik. Mitteilungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie, 9, 1-38
Funding:
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (MINCYT), grant/award no. PICT-2013-1681: Factores moduladores de las floraciones de fitoplancton y del flujo de carbono en la base de la cadena trófica en el estuario de bahía Blanca
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (MINCYT), grant/award no. PICT-2016-0830: Respuestas ecofisiológicas del fitoplancton a múltiples estresores ambientales en la plataforma surbonaerense y sus efectos en la ocurrencia de blooms en el Mar Argentino
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (MINCYT), grant/award no. PICT-2017-2386: Vías de secuestro de carbono en la plataforma norpatagónica, Atlántico Sudoccidental
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), grant/award no. DA/13/ 04: Detection of phytoplankton toxins and trophic transfer through the pelagic food web in the coastal ecosystem of Monte Hermoso, Argentina
National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), grant/award no. PUE 2016 22920160100057CO: Dinámica y sensibilidad de sistemas marinos productivos de la región sudbonaerense y norpatagónica
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -39.837818 * Median Longitude: -61.437368 * South-bound Latitude: -41.496830 * West-bound Longitude: -62.386600 * North-bound Latitude: -39.079000 * East-bound Longitude: -60.529000
Date/Time Start: 2013-03-11T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2016-10-07T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: m * Maximum DEPTH, water: m
Event(s):
BH0313_02 * Latitude: -39.366000 * Longitude: -61.850000 * Date/Time: 2013-03-11T00:00:00 * Location: Argentine Continental Shelf * Campaign: IADO-PNA 0313 * Basis: Dr. Bernardo Houssay * Method/Device: Bottle, Niskin (NIS)
BH0313_03 * Latitude: -39.750000 * Longitude: -61.900000 * Date/Time: 2013-03-11T00:00:00 * Location: Argentine Continental Shelf * Campaign: IADO-PNA 0313 * Basis: Dr. Bernardo Houssay * Method/Device: Bottle, Niskin (NIS)
BH0313_04 * Latitude: -40.116000 * Longitude: -61.816000 * Date/Time: 2013-03-13T00:00:00 * Location: Argentine Continental Shelf * Campaign: IADO-PNA 0313 * Basis: Dr. Bernardo Houssay * Method/Device: Bottle, Niskin (NIS)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Event labelEventFerronato, Carola
2Date/Time of eventDate/TimeFerronato, Carola
3Latitude of eventLatitudeFerronato, Carola
4Longitude of eventLongitudeFerronato, Carola
5DEPTH, waterDepth watermFerronato, CarolaGeocode
6TaxaTaxaFerronato, Carola
7Uniform resource locator/link to referenceURL refFerronato, CarolaWoRMS AphiaID
8AbundanceAbund#/lFerronato, CarolaLight microscopy (Utermöhl 1958)
9Phytoplankton, cell biovolumePP biovolµm3Ferronato, CarolaCalculated
10Carbon per cellC/cellpg/#Ferronato, CarolaCalculated
11Biomass as carbon per volumeBiom Cµg/lFerronato, CarolaCalculated
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
16722 data points

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