Macrofauna collected on colonization surfaces at the East Pacific Rise 9 50 N hydrothermal vent field in 1998-2017

Lauren Mullineaux; Susan Mills

doi:10.15468/g5bwb9

Macrofauna collected on colonization surfaces at the East Pacific Rise 9 50 N hydrothermal vent field in 1998-2017

Citation

United States Geological Survey: Macrofauna collected on colonization surfaces at the East Pacific Rise 9 50 N hydrothermal vent field in 1998-2017 https://doi.org/10.15468/g5bwb9 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-02-07.

Description

This dataset includes an occurrence table for macrofauna collected on colonization surfaces at the East Pacific Rise 9 50 N hydrothermal vent field in 1998-2017. The colonization surfaces were recovered before or after an eruption in January 2006, with pre-eruption blocks at East Wall and post-eruption sandwiches at P Vent. Samples were preserved in ethanol and examined under a dissecting microscope, and species and morphogroups were matched to equal or lowest level taxon in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). The extended measurement or facts table specifies the number of months since eruption, deployment habitat zone (H=Hot, W=Warm, C=Cool), and recovery temperature (deg C) for each sample. This dataset derives from counts of colonists reported by Mullineaux (2020, DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.733173.2) for sampling events and cruises listed by Mullineaux (2020, DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.733210.3). Funding to standardize these data to Darwin Core for sharing through the Ocean Biodiversity Information System was from NSF DEB-1558904 and NSF OCE-1829773. This dataset provides 3536 machine-readable counts of macrofauna at a hydrothermal vent field located in the area beyond national jurisdiction.

Additional info

marine, harvested by OBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

East Pacific Rise 9 50 N hydrothermal vent field

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Lauren Mullineaux
originator
position: Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
email: lmullineaux@whoi.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8932-2625

Susan Mills
originator
position: Emeritus Research Scholar
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
email: smills@whoi.edu

Stace Beaulieu
metadata author
position: Senior Research Specialist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
email: sbeaulieu@whoi.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2609-5453

Abby Benson
processor
position: Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
email: albenson@usgs.gov
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-107X

Lauren Mullineaux
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
email: lmullineaux@whoi.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8932-2625