Measurements of the salp Pyrosoma atlanticum, RV Investigator voyage IN2017_V04, Tasman Sea, Australia (2017)

Natasha Henschke

doi:10.1029/2018jg004918

Measurements of the salp Pyrosoma atlanticum, RV Investigator voyage IN2017_V04, Tasman Sea, Australia (2017)

Citation

Henschke, N., Pakhomov, E. A., Kwong, L. E., Everett, J. D., Laiolo, L., Coghlan, A. R., & Suthers, I. M. (2019). Large vertical migrations of Pyrosoma atlanticum play an important role in active carbon transport. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124, 1056–1070. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004918 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.

Description

As pyrosomes migrate vertically to 800 m daily, they have the potential to transport the carbon they consume at the surface to these depths. In the austral spring of 2017, a Pyrosoma atlanticum swarm was smpled in the Tasman Sea. Maximum biomass of pyrosomes was 360 mg WW·m−3, and pyrosomes were able to consume the majority (95%) of the phytoplankton community while at the surface.

Voyage details (metadata, projects, other datasets either online or as downloads, publications and reports, events, maps etc) can be accessed at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=IN2017_V04 If this data has been used in any products, please acknowledge with the following: We acknowledge the use of the CSIRO Marine National Facility (https://ror.org/01mae9353) in undertaking this research.

Taxonomic Coverages

Pyrosoma atlanticum
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Tasman Sea

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Natasha Henschke
originator
position: Principal Investigator
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
CA
email: nhenschke@eoas.ubc.ca
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0680-9954

Natasha Henschke
metadata author
position: Principal Investigator
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
CA
email: nhenschke@eoas.ubc.ca
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0680-9954

OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Data Manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
Castray Esplande
7000
Tasmania
AU
email: obisau@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au

Natasha Henschke
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Investigator
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
CA
email: nhenschke@eoas.ubc.ca
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0680-9954