EDMED Details

General

Dataset Name

Phytoplankton data collected in the Strait of Magellan (1989)

Data Holding Centre

University of Trieste, Department of Biology

Time Period

from 03 to 14 November 1989

Start Date

1989-01-01

End Date

1989-12-31

Project

Geographic Area

Geocoverage

18 stations along the Strait of Magellan, from Cabo Espiritu Santo (on the Atlantic Ocean) to Cabo Deseado (on the Pacific Ocean), including Bahia Inutil

Geographic Box (south,north,west,east)

-58, -80, -60, -50

Sea Area

South Atlantic Ocean

South Pacific Ocean

Southern Ocean

Observations

Parameters

Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies

Phytoplankton generic abundance in water bodies

Instruments

Description

Summary

STRAIT OF MAGELLAN PROJECT, Oceanography and sedimentology: an interdisciplinary study of physical, biochemical, and sedimentological features on pre-Antarctic region in the framework of Italian Research Programme in Antarctica (PNRA) - The distribution of phytoplankton populations was studied during the first Italian cruise in the Strait of Magellan (November 1989). Phytoplankton samples were collected at 0, 5, 10, 20, 50 m and from the bottom depth. The samples were fixed in a 4 per cent formaldehyde solution neutralized with hexamethylentetramine. It was possible to define three areas: the first, formed by the Primera and the Segunda Angosturas, was marked by high nanoplankton values; the second, the basin of Punta Arenas, was marked by lower values than the first and by a preponderant diatom population; the third area, which can be described as 'Pacific', was characterized by the lowest values and by more homogeneous composition of phytoplankton populations.

Originator

University of Trieste, Department of Biology

References

"CABRINI, M. and S. FONDA UMANI; 1991. Phytoplankton populations in the Strait of Magellan. Boll. Oceanol. Teor. Appl., IX, 2-3: 137-144." 1991-06-01, unknown, unknown

"LEMBEYE, G.L.; 1981. Estructura del fitoplancton asociado a la presencia del veneno paralitico de los mariscos en seno union y areas adyacentes (Magellanes, Chile), 1981. Ans. Inst. Pat., Punta Arenas (Chile), 6, 1-2: 197-208. " 1981-06-01, unknown, unknown

"UTERMHOL, H.; 1958. Zur Vervolkommung der quantitativen Phytoplankton Methodik. Mitt. int. Verein theor. angew. Limnol., 9: 1-38." 1958-06-01, unknown, unknown

Availability

Availability

by negotiation

Organization

University of Trieste, Department of Biology

Contact

Fonda Umani Serena

Address

University of Trieste, Department of Biology

Trieste

34127

Italy

labbioma@univ.trieste.it

http://www.univ.trieste.it/~biologia/

Administration

Local identifier

1165

Creation Date

2014-10-02

Revision Date

2013-07-25