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Pakhomov, Evgeny A; Dubischar, Corinna D; Strass, Volker H; Brichta, Mauricio; Bathmann, Ulrich (2015): Abundance, biomass, ingestion rates and daily ratios of Salpa thompsoni individuals sampled during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XVIII/5b to the Eastern Belingshausen Sea [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847636, Supplement to: Pakhomov, EA et al. (2006): The tunicate Salpa thompsoni ecology in the Southern Ocean. I. Distribution, biomass, demography and feeding ecophysiology. Marine Biology, 149(3), 609-623, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0225-9

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Abstract:
Distribution, density, and feeding dynamics of the pelagic tunicate Salpa thompsoni have been investigated during the expedition ANTARKTIS XVIII/5b to the Eastern Bellingshausen Sea on board RV Polarstern in April 2001. This expedition was the German contribution to the field campaign of the Southern Ocean Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics Study (SO-GLOBEC). Salps were found at 31% of all RMT-8 and Bongo stations. Their densities in the RMT-8 samples were low and did not exceed 4.8 ind/m**2 and 7.4 mg C/m**2. However, maximum salp densities sampled with the Bongo net reached 56 ind/m**2 and 341 mg C/m**2. A bimodal salp length frequency distribution was recorded over the shelf, and suggested two recent budding events. This was also confirmed by the developmental stage composition of solitary forms. Ingestion rates of aggregate forms increased from 2.8 to 13.9 µg (pig)/ind/day or from 0.25 to 2.38 mg C/ind/day in salps from 10 to 40 mm oral-atrial length, accounting for 25-75% of body carbon per day. Faecal pellet production rates were on average 0.08 pellet/ind/h with a pronounced diel pattern. Daily individual egestion rates in 13 and 30 mm aggregates ranged from 0.6 to 4.8 µg (pig)/day or from 164 to 239 µg C/day. Assimilation efficiency ranged from 73 to 90% and from 65 to 76% in 13 and 30 mm aggregates, respectively. S. thompsoni exhibited similar ingestion and egestion rates previously estimated for low Antarctic (~50°S) habitats. It has been suggested that the salp population was able to develop in the Eastern Bellingshausen Sea due to an intrusion into the area of the warm Upper Circumpolar Deep Water
Keyword(s):
AWI
Project(s):
Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas (SPP1158)
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 5472008: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -66.883831 * Median Longitude: -71.759104 * South-bound Latitude: -70.700000 * West-bound Longitude: -86.460000 * North-bound Latitude: -62.295000 * East-bound Longitude: -58.740000
Date/Time Start: 2001-04-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2001-05-03T13:45:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Pakhomov, EA; Dubischar, CD; Strass, VH et al. (2006): (Table 1) Salpa thompsoni abundance and biomass in the Eastern Bellingshausen Sea during April and May 2001. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847633
  2. Pakhomov, EA; Dubischar, CD; Strass, VH et al. (2006): (Table 2) Salpa thompsoni ingestion rates and daily rations estimated in the Eastern Bellingshausen Sea during April and May 2001. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847635