The near-bottom plankton and benthic invertebrate fauna of Josephine and Great Meteor Seamounts (Table 2)

Ivar H Hesthagen

doi:10.1594/pangaea.611095

The near-bottom plankton and benthic invertebrate fauna of Josephine and Great Meteor Seamounts (Table 2)

Citation

Hesthagen I H (1970). The near-bottom plankton and benthic invertebrate fauna of Josephine and Great Meteor Seamounts (Table 2). PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.611095 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-20.

Description

15 samples obtained with Beyer's epibenthic closing net were studied quantitatively. The numbers of epi- and endobenthic animals were found to be correlated with the volume of sediment in the samples. Among the planktonic components, calanoid copepodes were strongly predominant. In the samples obtained on the Great Meteor Seamount, very much larger numbers of these animals were caught in the daytime than at night. Possible explanations for this difference are suggested.

Taxonomic Coverages

Animalia
rank: kingdom
Porifera
rank: kingdom
Cnidaria
rank: kingdom
Nematoda
rank: kingdom
Annelida
rank: kingdom
Arthropoda
rank: kingdom
Mollusca
rank: kingdom
Chaetognatha
rank: kingdom
Echinodermata
rank: kingdom
Chordata
rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

Event: M9_BSN007, Josephine Seamount ; Event: M9_BSN008, Josephine Seamount ; Event: M9_BSN009, Josephine Seamount ; Event: M9_BSN010, Josephine Seamount ; Event: M9_BSN012, Josephine Seamount ; Event: M9_BSN013, Josephine Seamount ; Event: M9_BSN014, Josephine Seamount ; Event: M9_BSN015, Cape Blanc/Meteor Bank/Portugal ; Event: M9_BSN018, Cape Blanc/Meteor Bank/Portugal ; Event: M9_BSN019, Cape Blanc/Meteor Bank/Portugal ; Event: M9_BSN020, Cape Blanc/Meteor Bank/Portugal ; Event: M9_BSN021, Cape Blanc/Meteor Bank/Portugal ; Event: M9_BSN022, Cape Blanc/Meteor Bank/Portugal ; Event: M9_BSN023, Cape Blanc/Meteor Bank/Portugal ; Event: M9_BSN024, Cape Blanc/Meteor Bank/Portugal ;

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Contacts

Ivar H Hesthagen
originator

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