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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2023-06-01
    Description: Pelagic Sargassum and floating marine debris were collected in the Sargasso Sea (subtropical NW Atlantic) during the cruise MSM41 of the German research vessel Maria S. Merian in April 2015. Flotsam items were collected with a dip net (mesh size: 1 mm) from the rescue boat of the research vessel at 19 stations distributed in coordination with the other sampling activities of the cruise. Few, mostly larger, debris samples were taken from aboard the research vessel using a dip net with a mesh size of 9 cm. The exact sampling position of each floating item was recorded by a handheld GPS. All mobile epifaunal organisms were carefully washed down from the flotsam items with freshwater and retrieved in a sieve with a mesh size of 250 µm. The species were identified and the individuals counted. Each Sargassum thallus was inspected under a stereo microscope to identify the attached sessile epifaunal species. Sessile species were not quantified. The marine debris items or sub-samples thereof (in case of large bulky items) were preserved in buffered formalin-seawater solution. The sessile epifauna on the debris items was analyzed after the cruise in the laboratories of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany. Each Sargassum clump was blotted on tissue paper to remove adherent seawater and weighed. The sizes of the debris items were measured to calculate the surface area.
    Keywords: Comment; DATE/TIME; epibiota; Event label; floating marine debris; LATITUDE; LITTER; Litter Survey; LONGITUDE; Maria S. Merian; Mobility; MSM41; MSM41_litter-A; MSM41_litter-B; MSM41_litter-C; MSM41_litter-D; MSM41_litter-E; MSM41_litter-F; MSM41_litter-G; MSM41_litter-G1; MSM41_litter-H; MSM41_litter-I; MSM41_litter-J; MSM41_litter-K; MSM41_litter-M; MSM41_litter-N; MSM41_litter-O; MSM41_litter-P; MSM41_litter-Q; MSM41_litter-S; MSM41_litter-U; MSM41_litter-V; pollution; rafting; Rafting species; Sample ID; Sargasso Sea; Sargassum community; South Atlantic Ocean; Station label; Substratum; Substratum category; Taxon/taxa
    Type: Dataset
    Format: text/tab-separated-values, 8362 data points
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2024-04-20
    Description: Pelagic Sargassum and floating marine debris were collected during cruise MSM41 of the German research vessel Maria S. Merian in April 2015 in the Sargasso Sea, western subtropical North Atlantic. In total 39 debris samples and 42 Sargassum samples were taken and characterized. The associated biota was analyzed. Mobile species were counted, sessile organisms were recorded as present/absent. A visual ship-based survey was conducted to quantify pelagic Sargassum and floating marine debris in the Sargasso Sea. Biomass and surface area of Sargassum was measured from thalli beached at Sisal Beach, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico to establish the biomass:surface area ratio for the two species Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans.
    Keywords: epibiota; floating marine debris; pollution; rafting; Sargasso Sea; Sargassum community
    Type: Dataset
    Format: application/zip, 5 datasets
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2024-04-20
    Description: Clumps of pelagic Sargassum as well as floating marine debris were collected during cruise MSM41 of the German research vessel Maria S. Merian in the Sargasso Sea (subtropical NW Atlantic) in April 2015. Samples were taken with a dip net (mesh size: 1 mm) from the rescue boat of the research vessel at 19 stations distributed in coordination with the other sampling activities of the cruise. Few, mostly larger, debris samples were taken from aboard the research vessel using a dip net with a mesh size of 9 cm. The exact sampling position of each floating item was recorded by a handheld GPS. In total, 42 Sargassum samples and 41 samples of marine debris were collected. On board the vessel, the Sargassum samples were analyzed for their species composition (Sargassum natans, Sargassum fluitans, indeterminable small fragments). Each fraction was weighed (wet weight) after the algae had been blotted on tissue paper to remove adherent seawater. The type of each debris sample was determined and the sizes of the debris samples were measured. Small objects were preserved in buffered seawater-formalin solution for later analysis of the associated biota. Small sub-samples have been taken from samples, which were too large to be preserved in total. Polymer compositions of the plastic debris samples were analyzed by Near Infrared Spectroscopy.
    Keywords: Comment; DATE/TIME; epibiota; Event label; floating marine debris; Image; LATITUDE; LITTER; Litter Survey; LONGITUDE; Maria S. Merian; MSM41; MSM41_litter-A; MSM41_litter-B; MSM41_litter-C; MSM41_litter-D; MSM41_litter-E; MSM41_litter-F; MSM41_litter-G; MSM41_litter-G1; MSM41_litter-H; MSM41_litter-I; MSM41_litter-J; MSM41_litter-K; MSM41_litter-M; MSM41_litter-N; MSM41_litter-O; MSM41_litter-P; MSM41_litter-Q; MSM41_litter-S; MSM41_litter-T; MSM41_litter-U; MSM41_litter-V; Near infrared spectroscopy; pollution; Polymer; rafting; Sample ID; Sample mass; Sargasso Sea; Sargassum, wet mass; Sargassum community; Sargassum fluitans; Sargassum fluitans, wet mass; Sargassum indeterminata; Sargassum indeterminata, wet mass; Sargassum natans; Sargassum natans, wet mass; South Atlantic Ocean; Station label; Substrate type; Substratum; Surface area
    Type: Dataset
    Format: text/tab-separated-values, 855 data points
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2024-04-20
    Description: To establish the surface area : biomass relationship of pelagic Sargassum spp., individual thalli of beach-cast Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans were collected at Sisal Beach, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico in November 2016. 22 thalli each of both species were collected. Additionally, three thalli of an additional species were collected. This species could not be clearly identified and the thalli were not further considered for analysis. Each thalli was blotted with tissue paper to remove adherent seawater and weighed on the beach using a spring balance. Subsequently, the single parts of the thalli (blades, pneumatocysts, stipes) were separated from each other, spread in a tray and photographed together with a ruler as a size reference and a label. The two dimensional projection area of each thallus part was determined using an image analysis software from which the surface area of each three dimensional structure was calculated to obtain the total surface area of the thallus.
    Keywords: Area; Biological sample; BIOS; Calculated; Comment; DATE/TIME; epibiota; floating marine debris; Image; Image analysis; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Number of photos; ORDINAL NUMBER; pollution; rafting; Sargasso Sea; Sargassum, wet mass; Sargassum community; Sisal_Beach_Sargassum; Species; Surface area
    Type: Dataset
    Format: text/tab-separated-values, 372 data points
    Location Call Number Limitation Availability
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2024-04-20
    Description: During cruise MSM41 of the German research vessel Maria S. Merian in April 2015 a visual ship based survey was conducted on the composition and density of natural and anthropogenic flotsam in the Sargasso Sea (subtropical NW Atlantic). On transits between the regular stations of the cruise, flotsam was quantified on transects of 10 m width and lengths of 9.1 - 25.5 km. Start and end coordinates were determined from a handheld GPS. This dataset summarizes the metadata of this survey, including the time, coordinates of start and end point of the transects, as well as distance and area covered. Additionally, results are presented as densities of floating marine debris and pelagic Sargassum given in total numbers per transect and standardized to items km-2. The speed of the vessel was recorded from the handheld GPS for 2-7 times per transect in irregular intervals to estimate the average vessel speed during the observations.
    Keywords: epibiota; floating marine debris; LITTER; Litter Survey; Maria S. Merian; MSM41; MSM41_litter-T1; MSM41_litter-T10; MSM41_litter-T11; MSM41_litter-T12; MSM41_litter-T13; MSM41_litter-T14; MSM41_litter-T15; MSM41_litter-T16; MSM41_litter-T17; MSM41_litter-T18; MSM41_litter-T19; MSM41_litter-T2; MSM41_litter-T20; MSM41_litter-T21; MSM41_litter-T22; MSM41_litter-T23; MSM41_litter-T24; MSM41_litter-T25; MSM41_litter-T26; MSM41_litter-T27; MSM41_litter-T28; MSM41_litter-T29; MSM41_litter-T3; MSM41_litter-T30; MSM41_litter-T31; MSM41_litter-T32; MSM41_litter-T33; MSM41_litter-T34; MSM41_litter-T35; MSM41_litter-T37; MSM41_litter-T38; MSM41_litter-T39; MSM41_litter-T4; MSM41_litter-T40; MSM41_litter-T41; MSM41_litter-T42; MSM41_litter-T43; MSM41_litter-T44; MSM41_litter-T45; MSM41_litter-T46; MSM41_litter-T47; MSM41_litter-T48; MSM41_litter-T49; MSM41_litter-T5; MSM41_litter-T50; MSM41_litter-T51; MSM41_litter-T52; MSM41_litter-T53; MSM41_litter-T54; MSM41_litter-T55; MSM41_litter-T56; MSM41_litter-T57; MSM41_litter-T58; MSM41_litter-T59; MSM41_litter-T6; MSM41_litter-T60; MSM41_litter-T61; MSM41_litter-T62; MSM41_litter-T63; MSM41_litter-T64; MSM41_litter-T65; MSM41_litter-T7; MSM41_litter-T8; pollution; rafting; Sargasso Sea; Sargassum community; South Atlantic Ocean
    Type: Dataset
    Format: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet, 27.3 kBytes
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 2024-04-20
    Description: During cruise MSM41 of the German research vessel Maria S. Merian in April 2015 a visual ship based survey was conducted on the composition and density of natural and anthropogenic flotsam in the Sargasso Sea (subtropical NW Atlantic). On transits between the regular stations of the cruise, flotsam was quantified on transects of 10 m width and lengths of 9.1 - 25.5 km. Floating marine debris items passing through the transect was recorded and specified (item type, size and color) when possible. The position of each floating item was determined as the position of the observer at the moment the item was registered using a handheld GPS. Clumps of pelagic Sargassum were too numerous to be counted individually throughout an entire transect. Instead, numbers of clumps passing through the transect area were counted within time intervals of 30 seconds, interrupted by breaks of 30 seconds. In extremely dense accumulations or windrows of pelagic Sargassum, the number of clumps was estimated in broader but less accurate entities (i.e., tens or hundreds of clumps). The estimated minimum size of items identifiable from the moving ship was 2 cm. Each flotsam item was assigned to a material category (e.g., plastics, Styrofoam, metal).
    Keywords: Comment; epibiota; Event label; Floating items; floating marine debris; Item; LATITUDE; LITTER; Litter Survey; LONGITUDE; Maria S. Merian; Material; MSM41; MSM41_litter-T1; MSM41_litter-T10; MSM41_litter-T11; MSM41_litter-T12; MSM41_litter-T13; MSM41_litter-T14; MSM41_litter-T15; MSM41_litter-T16; MSM41_litter-T17; MSM41_litter-T18; MSM41_litter-T19; MSM41_litter-T2; MSM41_litter-T20; MSM41_litter-T21; MSM41_litter-T22; MSM41_litter-T23; MSM41_litter-T24; MSM41_litter-T25; MSM41_litter-T26; MSM41_litter-T27; MSM41_litter-T28; MSM41_litter-T29; MSM41_litter-T3; MSM41_litter-T30; MSM41_litter-T31; MSM41_litter-T32; MSM41_litter-T33; MSM41_litter-T34; MSM41_litter-T35; MSM41_litter-T37; MSM41_litter-T38; MSM41_litter-T39; MSM41_litter-T4; MSM41_litter-T40; MSM41_litter-T41; MSM41_litter-T42; MSM41_litter-T43; MSM41_litter-T44; MSM41_litter-T45; MSM41_litter-T46; MSM41_litter-T47; MSM41_litter-T48; MSM41_litter-T49; MSM41_litter-T5; MSM41_litter-T50; MSM41_litter-T51; MSM41_litter-T52; MSM41_litter-T53; MSM41_litter-T54; MSM41_litter-T55; MSM41_litter-T56; MSM41_litter-T57; MSM41_litter-T58; MSM41_litter-T59; MSM41_litter-T6; MSM41_litter-T60; MSM41_litter-T61; MSM41_litter-T62; MSM41_litter-T63; MSM41_litter-T64; MSM41_litter-T65; MSM41_litter-T7; MSM41_litter-T8; pollution; rafting; Sargasso Sea; Sargassum community; South Atlantic Ocean; Transect
    Type: Dataset
    Format: text/tab-separated-values, 3472 data points
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