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Size Indian Nematodes
Citation
Soetaert, K. (1992). Length and width measurements of nematodes in the Indian Ocean. Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology (NIOO-CEME), the Netherlands. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/842

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Description
Length and width measurements of 800 nematodes from the Indian Ocean. Four stations were sampled, each with two replicates. The sampling depths varied from 50 to 2000 meters. The density (ind/m²) and the SCOC (mmol O2/m²/day) were calculated. more

The aim of collecting these data was to investigate the effect of oxygen, granulometry and food availability on the nematode density and community structure along four parallel bathymetric transects off the Kenyan coast.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Deep sea, Meiobenthos, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Indian Ocean, Nematoda

Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 40,2323; MinLat: -3,1598 - MaxLong: 41,2755; MaxLat: -3,133 [WGS84]
ISW, Indian Ocean Stations [Marine Regions]
511-517-518-519

Taxonomic coverage
Nematoda [WoRMS]

Parameters
Density
Dry weight biomass
Nematode measurements
Sediment Community Oxygen Consumption (SCOC)

Contributors
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), moredata ownerdata creator

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
(Partly) included in:
MANUELA: MANUELA Database

Publication
Based on this dataset
Muthumbi, A.W. et al. (2004). Nematode community structure along the continental slope off the Kenyan coast, western Indian Ocean Int. Rev. Hydrobiol. 89(2): 188-205. dx.doi.org/10.1002/iroh.200310689

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2006-06-15
Information last updated: 2014-01-10
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