Document of dataset 4980

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
CASES: The pre-winter assemblages of southeastern Beaufort Sea
Description in English
Cluster analysis and non-metric multidimensional scaling revealed three distinct mesozooplankton assemblages. A neritic assemblage occurred on the Mackenzie Shelf and in Franklin Bay, while distinct off-shelf assemblages prevailed in the Cape Bathurst Polynya and on the Beaufort Slope respectively. Over 95% of the mesozooplankton was comprised of eight copepod taxa. Pseudocalanus spp. contributed predominantly to the discrimination of the three assemblages and was the only significant indicator of the Shelf assemblage. Oithona similis, Oncaea borealis, Metridia longa and Calanus hyperboreus were indicators of the Polynya assemblage. Cyclopina sp. And Microcalanus pygmaeus were indicative of the overall off-shelf community (Polynya and Slope assemblages). The importance of omnivores and carnivores increased from the shelf to the polynya and the slope.

This dataset was presented in a publication by Darnis et al (2008) and exists in an Excel format. This resource contains the species distribution and abundance information associated with this dataset. This resource contains abundance (#/m3) information from this dataset.

Abstract in English
This dataset has 1728 observations representing 54 taxonomic categories from the southeastern Beaufort Sea. This dataset was used to study the zooplankton communities in southeastern Beaufort Sea in September-October 2002. At each of the 35 stations of the CASES (Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study) 2002 sampling grid, a 200 µm-mesh net tow was carried out.
License
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html
bibliographicCitation
Darnis, Gérald, Barber, David G., and Fortier, Louis. 2015. CASES: The pre-winter assemblages of southeastern Beaufort Sea. Version 1 In ArcOD Digital Collections. Institute of Marine Science University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA. Published by OBIS, Digital http://www.iobis.org/. Accessed on –INSERT DATE

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
2002-09-22
End date
2002-10-14

Geographical coverage

Spatial
PNW, Beaufort Sea

Themes

theme
Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton

Taxonomic terms

Taxon keywords
Appendicularia
Bivalvia
Chaetognatha
Cnidaria
Ctenophora
Gastropoda
Malacostraca
Maxillopoda
Ophiuroidea
Ostracoda
Polychaeta

Ownerships

contactPoint
Russell Hopcroft
contactPoint
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
creator
Gérald Darnis
creator
Université Laval

Dataset references

record
Arctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Document metadata

date created
2015-04-29
date modified
2015-04-29