Checklist of organisms (“swimmers”) collected by Sediment Trap on Mooring B (Ross Sea shelf, Joides Basin, Antarctica) in years 1995-1996, 2004-2005 and 2014-2016

Occurrence Specimen
Versão mais recente published by Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa) on abr 21, 2026 Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa)
Publication date:
21 de abril de 2026
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Descrição

This occurrence-type dataset includes planktonic, benthic and nectonic organisms collected during several Expedition of the Italian National Antarctic Program (PNRA) in 1995-1996, 2004-2005 and 2014-2016.

These occurrences correspond to specimens collected from sediment traps deployed at Mooring B during of the Italian PNRA Expeditions, located in the Joides Basin (JB; Ross Sea, Antarctica). The sediment traps were positioned at a depth range of 470 - 530 meters, and allowed the collection and identification of a total of 210,411 specimens.

This dataset contributes to the Antarctic Biodiversity Portal, the thematic Antarctic node for both the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (AntOBIS) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility (ANTABIF) (http://www.biodiversity.aq). The dataset has been uploaded and integrated into the SCAR-AntOBIS database (the geospatial component of SCAR-MarBIN), under a CC-BY 4.0 license. This dataset is published as open data with technical support provided by SCAR Antarctic Biodiversity Portal (biodiversity.aq) (BELSPO project RT/23/ADVANCE).

We describe the diversity of Antarctic swimmers collected in the Joides Basin (JB) by sediment traps installed on the Mooring B of the PNRA. The dataset provides an overview of the marine copepod diversity recorded in the Terra Nova Bay (TNB) area. A total of 210,411 individuals, representing 68 genera and 68 species, are documented across 906 occurrence records.

Registros de Dados

Os dados deste recurso de ocorrência foram publicados como um Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), que é o formato padronizado para compartilhamento de dados de biodiversidade como um conjunto de uma ou mais tabelas de dados. A tabela de dados do núcleo contém 905 registros.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

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Como citar

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Grillo M, Linciano M, Balan M, Guzzi A, Noli N, Cometti V, Langone L, Giordano P, Schiaparelli S, Gan Y (2026). Checklist of organisms (“swimmers”) collected by Sediment Trap on Mooring B (Ross Sea shelf, Joides Basin, Antarctica) in years 1995-1996, 2004-2005 and 2014-2016. Version 1.3. Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa). Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=mnait_sediment_trap_mooring_b&v=1.3

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GBIF Registration

Este recurso foi registrado no GBIF e atribuído ao seguinte GBIF UUID: bf7857e0-0f34-47b0-828f-2011adddcbd6.  Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa) publica este recurso, e está registrado no GBIF como um publicador de dados aprovado por Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.

Palavras-chave

Occurrence; Specimen; ANTARCTIC ZOOPLANKTON; TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS; ANTARCTIC BIODIVERSITY; PELAGIC COMMUNITY

Contatos

Marco Grillo
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
  • Originador
  • Ponto De Contato
Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa)
IT
Martina Linciano
  • Originador
Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV) - University of Genoa & Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa)
IT
Maria Balan
  • Originador
Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV) - University of Genoa & Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa)
IT
Alice Guzzi
  • Originador
Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV) - University of Genoa & Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa) & National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC)
IT
Nicholas Noli
  • Originador
Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment (DSFTA) - University of Siena & Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa)
IT
Valentina Cometti
  • Originador
Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment (DSFTA) - University of Siena & Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, section of Genoa)
IT
Leonardo Langone
  • Originador
CNR-ISP – National Research Council – Institute of Polar Sciences
IT
Patrizia Giordano
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
  • Originador
CNR-ISP – National Research Council – Institute of Polar Sciences
IT
Stefano Schiaparelli
  • Ponto De Contato
Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, section of Genoa) & Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV) - University of Genoa & National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC)
IT
Yi-Ming Gan
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
  • Ponto De Contato
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
BE
Stefano Schiaparelli
  • Ponto De Contato
Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, section of Genoa) & Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV) - University of Genoa
IT

Cobertura Geográfica

The sediment traps, connected to the Mooring B (Joides Basin, Ross Sea), is located at a depth ranges of 470 - 530 m.

Coordenadas delimitadoras Sul Oeste [-74,253, 175,055], Norte Leste [-74,027, 175,109]

Cobertura Taxonômica

Nenhuma descrição disponível

Reino Chromista, Animalia
Filo Arthropoda, Heliozoa, Annelida, Chordata, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Platyhelminthes, Chaetognatha, Ciliophora, Cnidaria
Class Holothuroidea, Hydrozoa, Ostracoda, Clitellata, Polychaeta, Sagittoidea, Oligotrichea, Gastropoda, Thecostraca, Appendicularia, Copepoda, Cestoda, Ophiuroidea, Malacostraca, Asteroidea, Teleostei
Ordem Amphipoda, Ophiurida, Calanoida, Decapoda, Spionida, Amphinomida, Podocopida, Copelata, Halocyprida, Anthoathecata, Euphausiacea, Ophiacanthida, Choreotrichida, Cumacea, Narcomedusae, Phyllodocida, Littorinimorpha, Aphragmophora, Siphonophorae, Terebellida, Pteropoda, Cyclopoida, Leptothecata, Isopoda, Scolecida
Família Sagittidae, Phaennidae, Pontocyprididae, Clionidae, Oikopleuridae, Hyperiidae, Clausocalanidae, Tharybidae, Limacinidae, Nematocarcinidae, Mitrocomidae, Metridinidae, Euphausiidae, Tubulariidae, Calanidae, Spinocalanidae, Pyrostephidae, Oithonidae, Epimeriidae, Euchaetidae, Tomopteridae, Spionidae, Ophiuridae, Gnathiidae, Cirratulidae, Corophiidae, Solmundaeginidae, Glyceridae, Cirolanidae, Centropagidae, Aetideidae, Nannastacidae, Scolecitrichidae, Ophiacanthidae, Augaptilidae, Tryphosidae, Scalibregmatidae, Diphyidae, Cliidae, Cymothoidae, Oncaeidae, Resomiidae, Lopadorrhynchidae, Agalmatidae, Capulidae, Rhincalanidae, Polynoidae, Iospilidae, Phyllodocidae, Halocyprididae, Nereididae, Bougainvilliidae

Cobertura Temporal

Data Inicial / Data final 1994-12-15 / 1996-01-13
Data Inicial / Data final 2004-12-14 / 2005-01-30
Data Inicial / Data final 2014-02-01 / 2016-01-14

Dados Sobre o Projeto

The Italian project “Biogenic Sedimentation” aims at investigating the biogeochemical processes that regulate the production, transfer, and sedimentation of organic matter in the Southern Ocean, with particular focus on the Ross Sea. “Biogenic Sedimentation” is devoted to understanding how surface biological productivity translates into particle fluxes toward the seafloor, and to what extent this process contributes to the natural sequestration of atmospheric carbon, the so-called “biological carbon pump.” The research approach combines the use of sediment traps, detailed analyses of biogenic material, and assessments of seasonal and interannual variability of export fluxes, integrating oceanographic observations with remote sensing data. This strategy enables the quantification of carbon and nutrient export rates and supports the evaluation of the role of the Southern Ocean in the global CO₂ budget.

Título Biogenic sedimentation
Identificador PEA94
Financiamento This project is funded by the PNRA.
Related Projects BIOSESO
PEA2003-04

RoME/UR6-Biogeochemistry
PNRA2013/AN2.04/UR6

O pessoal envolvido no projeto:

Patrizia Giordano
Leonardo Langone

Métodos de Amostragem

Samples were collected in the Joides Basin (Ross Sea, Antarctica) at Mooring B, which was equipped with an automated sediment trap deployed at different depths depending on the sampling year. The seafloor at the site lies at about 560 m depth. The trap was designed to collect sinking particulate matter during the entire deployment period. This enabled the recovery of biological material descending through the water column. Sampling activities were carried out during six Italian Antarctic Expeditions, corresponding to the periods 1994–1995, 2004–2005, and 2014–2016. Each series covered two consecutive expeditions: one for deployment and the following one for recovery. During 1994–1995 the trap was positioned at 530 m depth; during 2004–2005, at 515 m; and during 2014–2016, at 470 m. All deployments took place within the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area, specifically, within the General Protection Zone (RS-GPZi sector). In the 1995–1996 series, a McLane Parflux Mark 7G-21 cups trap was used. This model featured 21 collection cups and a 0.5 m² collection area. In the subsequent deployments (2004–2005 and 2014–2016), a McLane 78HW-13 sediment trap was used, also with a 0.5 m² collection area but fitted with 13 cups. All collection cups were pre-filled with a buffered 5% formaldehyde solution to ensure optimal preservation of the organic matter. The rotation interval of the cups ranged from 7 days to 3 months. Further technical details are available in Langone et al. (2000; 2003).

Área de Estudo This dataset reports the abundance and distribution of Antarctic swimmers collected in the Joides Basin (Ross Sea, Antarctica) during the X, XIX, and XXIX PNRA expeditions, carried out in the austral summers of 1995–1996, 2004–2005, and 2014–2016.

Descrição dos passos do método:

  1. Swimmers were manually separated from passive sinking particles under a ZEISS Discovery V8 stereomicroscope at CNR-ISP (Bologna, Italy) following Chiarini et al. ( 2013). Samples were initially stored at +4 °C in 5% formaldehyde, then transferred to 96% ethanol and sent to MNA (Genoa, Italy), where unsorted swimmers were kept at -20 °C until analysis. Specimens were subsequently split, sorted, identified, and counted, then preserved in 96% ethanol or mounted on slides and permanently deposited in the MNA biological collection.
  2. The collected swimmers were counted and the taxonomic investigation was performed to the lowest possible level and based upon historic and recent bibliography (Boxshall e Halsey 2004; Bonello et al. 2020). The online portal World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS), Banyuls sur Mer marine Copepoda database (Razouls et al. 2022); https://copepodes.obs-banyuls.fr) was used to confirm acceptance of species names. When identification was inconclusive, only genus or family names were assigned.
  3. The original unsorted swimmer matrix is stored in 96% ethanol, and also at -20°C. The swimmer specimens, splitted, sorted and identified, are in 96% ethanol or fixed on a slide and permanently deposited in the biological collection of the MNA.

Citações bibliográficas

  1. Bonello, Guido, Marco Grillo, Matteo Cecchetto, et al. 2020. «Distributional records of Ross Sea (Antarctica) planktic Copepoda from bibliographic data and samples curated at the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA): checklist of species collected in the Ross Sea sector from 1987 to 1995». ZooKeys 969: 1–22. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.969.52334
  2. Boxshall, Geoffrey Allan, e Sheila H. Halsey. 2004. An introduction to copepod diversity. I. Ray Society.
  3. Chiarini, Francesca, Lucilla Capotondi, Robert B. Dunbar, et al. 2013. «A revised sediment trap splitting procedure for samples collected in the Antarctic sea». Methods in Oceanography 8: 13–22.
  4. Ivanenko, Viatcheslav N., Paulo HC Corgosinho, Frank Ferrari, Pierre-Marie Sarradin, e Jozee Sarrazin. 2012. «Microhabitat distribution of Smacigastes micheli (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Tegastidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 37° N (Lucky Strike), with a morphological description of its nauplius». Marine Ecology 33 (2): 246–56.
  5. Langone, L., R. B. Dunbar, D. A. Mucciarone, M. Ravaioli, R. Meloni, e C. A. Nittrouer. 2003. «Rapid sinking of biogenic material during the late austral summer in the Ross Sea, Antarctica». Biogeochemistry of the Ross sea 78: 221–33. https://doi.org/10.1029/078ARS14.
  6. Langone, Leonardo, Mauro Frignani, Mariangela Ravaioli, e Cristina Bianchi. 2000. Particle Fluxes and Biogeochemical Processes in an Area Influenced by Seasonal Retreat of the Ice Margin Žnorthwestern Ross Sea, Antarctica/.
  7. Michels, Jan, e M. Büntzow. 2010. «Assessment of Congo red as a fluorescence marker for the exoskeleton of small crustaceans and the cuticle of polychaetes». Journal of Microscopy 238 (2): 95–101.
  8. Razouls, S., N Desreumaux, J Kouwenberg, e F de Bovée. 2022. Diversity and geographic distribution of marine planktonic copepods. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.2077.4241.

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