The dataset on interstitial ciliates in the intertidal zone of the Chernaya river estuary (the White Sea, Kandalaksha Gulf) in 1998-2000
Citation
Mazei Y, Esaulov A, Li X, Saldaev D, Burkovsky I (2023). The dataset on interstitial ciliates in the intertidal zone of the Chernaya river estuary (the White Sea, Kandalaksha Gulf) in 1998-2000. Version 1.2. Penza State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ccku5d accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-20.Description
A dataset contains 4270 unique occurrences of 119 ciliates taxa (species, genera and families) from Chernaya River estuary (Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea). The dataset is based on field studies by Yuri A. Mazei and Igor V. Burkovsky performed in 1998–2000.
Dataset contains occurrences and geographic coordinates of marine stenohaline species occurring in the marine part of the estuary, marine euryhaline ciliates represented both in the marine and the freshened zone and brackish water organisms dominating in the riverine part of the estuary.
All data has been published in the related publications (Burkovskii and Mazei 2001; Mazei and Burkovsky 2002; 2005)
Sampling Description
Study Extent
Investigations were conducted during 1998-2000 summer periods in the Chernaya river estuary (the Kandalaksha Bay, the White Sea).Sampling
Material was collected at 5 permanent stations. The stations were located at the middle horizon of the intertidal zone along the estuary. Each station was a strictly fixed sampling area 50 x 50 cm, where recordings of the ciliate abundance were performed. Extraction and quantitative counting of ciliates were performed on live individuals (Uhlig, 1964). The ciliates were identified on the Shatton-Lwoff silver-impregnated preparations (Foissner, 1991), according to Carey (1991).Method steps
- Each sample was a series of 15 subsamples (1 cm2 in square, 3 cm in height), collect-ed from a strictly fixed square 50 x 50 cm. A random sampling, corresponding to 1/15 of the total sample, was examined (i.e., one mean statistical square centimeter). Extraction and quantitative counting of ciliates were performed on live individuals (Carey, 1991). The ciliates were identified on the Shatton-Lwoff silver-impregnated preparations (Foissner, 1991), according to Carey (1991).
Taxonomic Coverages
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Chromistarank: kingdom
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Ciliophoracommon name: Ciliates rank: phylum
Geographic Coverages
Chernaya River estuary (Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea)
Bibliographic Citations
- Burkovskii, I. V. and Mazei, Y. A.. 2001. Ciliate community structure in the zone of mixing sea and river waters. Zoologichesky Zhurnal. 80, 3, 259-268. -
- Carey, P. 1991. Marine interstitial ciliates. An illustrated key. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. London. -
- Foissner, W. 1991. Basic light and scanning electron microscopic methods for taxonomic studies of ciliated Protozoa. Eur. J. Protistol. 27, 4, 210-223. -
- Mazei, Yu.A. and Burkovsky, I.V. 2002. Spatial and temporal changes of psammophilous ciliate community in the White Sea estuary. Uspekhi Sovremennoi Biologii. 122, 3, 183-189. -
- Mazei, Yu. A. and Burkovsky, I.V. 2005. Species composition of benthic ciliate community in the Chernaya river estuary (Kandalaksha gulf, White Sea) with a checklist of total White Sea benthic ciliate fauna. Protistology. 4, 107-120. -
- Uhlig, G. 1964. Eine einfache Methode zur Extraktion der vagilen mesopsa-mmalen Mikrofauna. Helgoll. Wiss. Meeresuntersuch. 11, 178–185. -
Contacts
Yuri Mazeioriginator
position: Professor
Lomonosov Moscow State University
RU
Anton Esaulov
metadata author
position: Associate professor
Penza State University
RU
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1487-035X
Xiaolei Li
metadata author
position: PhD student
Shenzhen MSU-BIT University
No. 1, International University Park Road
Shenzhen
518172
CN
email: esaulovanton@yandex.ru
Damir Saldaev
metadata author
position: Professor
Shenzhen MSU-BIT University
No. 1, International University Park Road
Shenzhen
518172
CN
Igor Burkovsky
metadata author
position: Professor
Lomonosov Moscow State University
RU
Anton Esaulov
author
position: Associate professor
Penza State University
RU
email: esaulovanton@yandex.ru
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1487-035X
Anton Esaulov
administrative point of contact
position: Associate professor
Penza State University
RU
email: esaulovanton@yandex.ru
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1487-035X