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Distribution of surface phytoplankton between New Zealand and Antarctica, December 1957
Citation
Southwestern Pacific OBIS (2014). Distribution of surface phytoplankton between New Zealand and Antarctica, December 1957 . Southwestern Pacific OBIS, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand, 666 records, Online http://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource.do?r=mbis_tae released on June 29, 2014. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/4758
Contact: Mackay, Kevin

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Description
During the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958, the distribution of phytoplankton in the southern ocean and Ross Sea was investigated from fifty-seven samples taken at roughly 30-mile intervals between southern New Zealand and McMurdo Sound. The greatest diversity of species occurred between 55° and 60°S, just north of the Antarctic Convergence. Maximum concentration was found at 70° to 72°S, where Corethron crioplhilum was profoundly dominant. A predominately sub-Antarctic assemblage between 52° and 64°S was dominated by nine species not found in significant quantities elsewhere in the series of samples. Only two of these extended in appreciable numbers into the Ross Sea. Six of the commonest species ranged from sub-Antarctic waters southwards across the Antarctic Convergence, and two were not recorded north of the Ross Sea.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, New Zealand, South I., PSE, Antarctica, Victoria Land, McMurdo Sound, Chromista

Geographical coverage
New Zealand, South I. [Marine Regions]
PSE, Antarctica, Victoria Land, McMurdo Sound Stations [Marine Regions]
southern ocean

Temporal coverage
19 December 1957 - 31 December 1957

Taxonomic coverage
Chromista [WoRMS]

Parameter
Occurrence of biota

Contributors
Cassie, Viviennedata creator
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), more

Related datasets
Published in:
NZOBIS: Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Cooper, V.C. (1963). Distribution of surface phytoplankton between New Zealand and Antarctica, December 1957. Trans-Antarctic expedition 1955-1958. Scientific reports 7. Trans-Antarctic Expedition Committee: London. 13 pp., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-03-10
Information last updated: 2015-03-10
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