Microzooplankton monitoring in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto. 2013-2014

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Monti M (2022): Microzooplankton monitoring in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto. 2013-2014. v1.8. National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://doi.org/10.6092/fd0fdd6f-e299-47e2-b275-7e5317eea01e

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Keywords

Occurrence; Foraminiferida; Radiolaria; Tintinnida; Holotrichia; Spirotrichia; Samplingevent

Contacts

Marina Monti

• Content Provider ●
• Originator

Researcher

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics

Via Auguste Piccard 54

34151 Trieste

TS

IT

mmonti@ogs.it

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5198-7798

Marina Lipizer

• Metadata Provider

Researcher

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics

Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C

34134 Sgonico

TS

IT

mlipizer@ogs.it

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5707-6338

Paola Del Negro

• Owner

Senior researcher

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics

Borgo Grotta Gigante 42C

34010 Sgonico

TS

IT

pdelnegro@ogs.it

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2465-4896

Paola Del Negro

• Owner

Senior Researcher

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics

Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C

34010 Trieste

TS

IT

pdelnegro@ogs.it

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2465-4896

Menashè Eliezer

• Programmer

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics

Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C

34010 Sgonico

TS

IT

meliezer@ogs.it

Geographic Coverage

Mar Piccolo di Taranto, Taranto Gulf: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/3567

Taxonomic Coverage

Microzooplankton as Foraminiferida; Radiolaria; Tintinnida; Holotrichia; Spirotrichia

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

Italian National research project on the sea http://www.ritmare.it/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured&Itemid=101

The personnel involved in the project:

Paola Del Negro

• Principal Investigator

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2465-4896

Marina Monti

• Content Provider

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5198-7798

Sampling Methods

Niskin bottle

Method step description:

1. Samples (5 L) were concentrated with a 10-μm mesh, reduced to 250 mL and immediately fixed with buffered formalin (4 % final concentration). Subsamples (10–25 cm3) were examined in a settling chamber using a Leica DMI 3000B inverted microscope equipped with phase contrast and bright-field illumination at ×200 magnification, according to the method of Utermöhl (1958). The entire surface of the chamber was examined. Among the microzooplankton communities, five main groups were considered and distinguished as ciliates (naked and tintinnids), heterotrophic dinoflagellates, other protozoa and micrometazoans. The phototrophic ciliate Mesodinium rubrum was treated together with the aloricate heterotrophic ciliates. Empty loricae of tintinnids were not differentiated from filled ones because tintinnid protoplasts are attached to the lorica by a fragile strand, which detaches with ease during collection and fixation of the samples. For each taxon, biovolumes were estimated by measuring the linear dimension of each organism with eyepiece scale and equating shapes to standard geometric figures. The obtained biovolumes were converted to carbon content by applying the following conversion factors and formulae according to Verity and Langdon (1984) for tintinnids, Putt and Stoecker (1989) for naked ciliates, Edler (1979) for athecate and thecate dinoflagellates and Beers and Stewart (1970) for other protozoa.

Bibliographic Citations

1. Karuza, A., Caroppo, C., Monti, M. et al. Environ Sci Pollut Res (2016) 23: 12707. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5621-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5621-1

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