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Summary

Project 565:
The database provides a list of species of ciliates and testate amoebae (Protozoa: Ciliophora; Testacea) recorded in various edaphic habitats, e.g., mineral soils (fellfield), ornithogenic soils, terrestrial mosses, from ice-free coastal areas and inshore islands in the area of Casey Station, Wilkes Land, coastal continental Antarctica. 26 ciliate (9 first records ... for continental Antarctica, 1 undescribed) and 5 testacean species (3 new records) were found.

Sea ice study (Weddell Sea):
The ciliate biodivesity was studied in several types of sea ice (mainly young pancake ice) from the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, in the austral autumn 1992 (March-May) during the cruise ANT X/3 of RV Polarstern. 49 ciliate species were predominantly found in sea ice and 6 spp. in the pelagial; 20 of these were new to science.

A word document containing a list of species that were recorded as part of the project is available for download from the url given below. These data have also been incorporated into the biodiversity database.

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: -66.0

S: -67.0

E: 110.0

W: 108.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1993-11-01 Stop Date: 1994-02-28

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Casey OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > CILIATES BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS OCEANS > SEA ICE OCEANS > SEA ICE > PACK ICE

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA OCEANS

Quality

Samples were assessed in co-operation with leading authorities in ciliate taxonomy. Several publications were produced.

Access Constraints

The dataset is available for download from the url given below.

Ancillary Keywords

ANTARCTICA BIODIVERSITY CILIATES CILIOPHORA PROTOZOA RHIZOPODA TAXONOMY TESTACEA

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au Data Center Personnel Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP Distribution Size: 11 kb Distribution Format: word document Fees: free

Personnel

WOLFGANG PETZ Role: INVESTIGATOR Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Role: DIF AUTHOR Fax: +43 (0)662 8044 5698 Email: wolfgang.petz at sbg.ac.at Contact Address: INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY HELLBRUNNERSTRASSE 34 UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG City: SALZBURG Postal Code: A-5020 Country: Austria

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: Download point for the data Link: GET SERVICE Description: Biodiversity Database Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE Description: Public information for ASAC project 565 Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Publications/References

From Project 565 (Casey):

Petz W., Foissner W. Morphology and Morphogenesis of Lamtostyla edaphoni Berger and Foissner and Onychodromopsis flexilis Stokes, Two Hypotrichs (Protozoa: Ciliophora) from Antarctic Soils. Acta Protozoologica 35, 257-280 (1996).

Petz W., Foissner W. Morphology and infraciliature of some soil ciliates Protozoa, Ciliophora) from ... continental Antarctica, with notes on the morphogenesis of Sterkiella histriomuscorum. Polar Record 33, 307-326 (1997).

Petz W. Ecology of the active soil microfauna (Protozoa, Metazoa) of Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. Polar Biology 18, 33-44 (1997).

From Weddell Sea:

Petz W. Morphology and morphogenesis of Strombidium kryalis nov. spec. Ciliophora, Strombidiida) from Antarctic sea ice. Archiv fuer Protistenkunde 144, 185-195 (1994).

Petz W. Morphology and morphogenesis of Thigmokeronopsis antarctica nov. spec. and T. crystallis nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida) from Antarctic sea ice. European Journal of Protistology 31, 137-147 (1995).

Petz W., Song W., Wilbert N. Taxonomy and ecology of the ciliate fauna Protozoa, Ciliophora) in the endopagial and pelagial of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Stapfia (Linz) 40, 1-223 (1995).

Petz W. Ciliophora. In: South Atlantic Zooplankton (Boltovskoy D., ed.). Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 265-319 (1999).

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-07-15 Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-04-10

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