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Meiofauna and nematodes from the Atacama Slope and Trench Citation Danovaro, R. (1997). Meiofauna and nematodes from the Atacama slope and trench. Polytechnic University of Marche; Faculty of Sciences; Department of Marine Sciences, Italy. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/883 Contact: Danovaro, Roberto ; Gambi, Maria Cristina Availability: ![]() Description The meiofaunal abundance, biomass, community structure and nematode diversity were investigated in relation to the spatial distribution of the potential food sources in the Atacama trench and open slope (South Pacific Ocean). Lineage Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Deep sea, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Meiobenthos, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, Trenches (oceanic), WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISE, Chile, Atacama, Nematoda Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: -71,35; MinLat: -23,7767 - MaxLong: -70,6233; MaxLat: -23,25 [WGS84] ISE, Chile, Atacama [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage September 1997 Not relevant Taxonomic coverage Nematoda [WoRMS] Parameters Biopolymeric carbon (C) Carbohydrates Chlorophyll a Count of Nematoda Lipids Median grain size Phaeopigments Protein Total organic carbon (TOC) Contributors Polytechnic University of Marche; Faculty of Sciences; Department of Marine Sciences, more, data creator, data owner, data manager Related datasets Publication Based on this dataset Gambi, C. et al. (2003). Biodiversity of nematode assemblages from deep-sea sediments of the Atacama Slope and Trench (South Pacific Ocean). Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 50(1): 103-117. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00143-7, more Danovaro, R. et al. (2002). Meiofauna hotspot in the Atacama Trench, eastern South Pacific Ocean. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 49(5): 843-857, more URLs Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research Release date: 2009-03-10 Metadatarecord created: 2007-11-21 Information last updated: 2025-03-26 |