Dinoflagellates in a fast-ice covered inlet of the Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf (Weddell Sea) |
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Authors: | Anna Jadwiga Pieńkowski Fabienne Marret David N Thomas James D Scourse Gerhard S Dieckmann |
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Institution: | (1) Ocean Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, LL59 5AB, UK;(2) Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, Roxby Building, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, UK;(3) Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany;(4) Present address: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada |
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Abstract: | A short-term (3–15 days) multiple and single sediment-trap array deployed in Drescher Inlet (Eastern Weddell Sea) during austral
summer 1998 showed well preserved and relatively diverse dinoflagellate assemblages comprised of 13 taxa. Consistent with
other Antarctic studies, large Protoperidinium species were dominating whereas Preperidinium and Dinophysis showed minor frequencies. Athecates were not observed, possibly due to their poor preservation status. The majority of dinoflagellates
were heterotrophic species, likely feeding on previously recorded abundant diatoms at the study site. Assemblage structures
varied according to depth (Protoperidinium antarcticum and P. rosaceum at 10 m depth vs. P. macrapicatum and Preperidinium granulosum at 360 m depth) and collection period (first period: P. antarcticum; second period: Protoperidinium sp. C). Sediment-trap dinoflagellates were either derived from a flux out of the overlying fast ice, platelet ice, or the
water column but given their high mobility, migration between these media cannot be ruled out. |
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