EDMED Details
General
- Dataset Name
- Phytoplankton data collected in the Strait of Magellan (1991)
- Data Holding Centre
- University of Trieste, Department of Biology
- Time Period
- from 22 March to 09 April 1991
- Start Date
- 1991-01-01
- End Date
- 1991-12-31
- Project
Geographic Area
- Geocoverage
- 27 stations along the Strait of Magellan, from Cabo Espiritu Santo (on the Atlantic Ocean) to Cabo Deseado (on the Pacific Ocean), including the Beagle Channel
- 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) - Phytoplankton samples were collected at 0, 5, 10, 20, 50 m and bottom depth. The samples were fixed in a 4 per cent formaldehyde solution neutralized with hexamethylentetramine. Sample analysis is in progress.
- 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
- "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
- 1166
- Creation Date
- 2014-10-02
- Revision Date
- 2013-07-25