Records of the vertical distribution of planktonic copepods in the Southern Caribbean

Fernando Cervigón; Joxmer Scott-Frías

doi:10.15468/jzyssw

Records of the vertical distribution of planktonic copepods in the Southern Caribbean

Citation

Cervigón F, Scott-Frías J (2022): Records of the vertical distribution of planktonic copepods in the Southern Caribbean. v1.10. Caribbean OBIS Node. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://ipt.iobis.org/caribbeanobis/resource?r=vertical_planktonic_copepods_southern_caribbean&v=1.10 https://doi.org/10.15468/jzyssw accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-07.

Description

Counts of copepods from the Cariaco Basin and adjacent Venezuelan waters (Southern Caribbean) collected on five oceanographic cruises made by the Motor Ship (M/S) La Salles between 1967 and 1968. Collections were made at different depths using a large Clarke-Bumpus sampler and plankton nets. The data represent the number of females and males (per specie), copepodites and nauplii.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

In 1967-1968 Dr. Cervigon sampled at several stations off the Venezuelan coast: at Station 11 at 10°29'N, 64°26'W in the Cariaco Basin, at Station 63, an inshore station, at 11°14'N, 65°00'W, and at Station 76, an offshore station, at 11°45'N, 66°56'W.

Sampling

Five oceanographic cruises were made to the 3 stations between September 1967 and July 1968. The samples were collected with a large Clarke-Bumpus sampler by horizontal tows at 0, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, 725, 800 and 1000 m. Some tows were made from 800, 1000 or 1200 m to the surface with a Meter Plankton Net. The data were obtained by examining 17 samples from various depths and times of year from Station 11, 22 samples from Station 63, and 17 samples from Station 76.

Method steps

Three stations in Cariaco Basin and adjacent Venezuelan waters (Southern Caribbean).
Five oceanographic cruises.
Horizontal tows with a large Clarke-Bumpus sampler.
Various depths and time of year.
Fifty-six (56) samples total.

Additional info

The transcription and curatorial process of this dataset was made possible thanks to the support of CaribeSur, project BID-CA2020-025-NAC.

Taxonomic Coverages

Planktonic copepods (Crustacea: Hexanauplia: Copepoda), Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida and Siphonostomatoida

Oncaea venusta
rank: species
Paracalanus aculeatus
rank: species
Clausocalanus furcatus
rank: species
Paracalanus parvus
rank: species
Clausocalanus arcuicornis
rank: species
Temora stylifera
rank: species
Temora turbinata
rank: species
Nannocalanus minor
rank: species
Triconia conifera
rank: species
Onychocorycaeus giesbrechti
rank: species
Farranula gracilis
rank: species
Subeucalanus subtenuis
rank: species
Oncaea media
rank: species
Calanoida
rank: order
Cyclopoida
rank: order
Harpacticoida
rank: order
Siphonostomatoida
rank: order
Copepoda
rank: subclass
Hexanauplia
rank: class
Crustacea
rank: subphylum

Geographic Coverages

Cariaco Basin, Between La Tortuga and La Blanquilla islands, and South of Los Roques Archipelago. Depths between 0 and 1200 m.

Bibliographic Citations

Cervigón, F. (1963). Contribución al conocimiento de los copépodos pelágicos de las costas de Venezuela. Mem. Soc. Cien. Nat. La Salle, 22(63), 181–197. -
Cervigón, F., & Marcano, P. J. (1965). Chapter VI - Zooplancton. In: Estudios sobre el ecosistema pelágico del Noreste de Venezuela. Mem. Soc. Cien. Nat. La Salle, 25(70, 71, 72), 263–358. -
Deevey, G.B. (1978). The planktonic ostracods of the Cariaco Trench and adjacent waters. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 91(1), 52-73. - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/45645

Contacts

Fernando Cervigón
originator
position: President
Museo Marino de Margarita
Bulevar El Paseo, Edificio Museo Marino, Boca de Río, Península de Macanao, Isla de Margarita
Boca de Río
Nueva Esparta
VE
email: museomar@hotmail.com
homepage: http://www.museomarino.com/index.html

Joxmer Scott-Frías
originator
position: Visiting researcher
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Av. Paseo Los Ilustres, Los Chaguaramos. Apartado Postal 47058
Caracas
1041-A
Distrito Capital
VE
email: joxmer@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joxmer-Scott-Frias
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9557-6333

Joxmer Scott-Frías
metadata author
position: Visiting researcher
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Av. Paseo Los Ilustres, Los Chaguaramos. Apartado Postal 47058
Caracas
1041-A
Distrito Capital
VE
email: joxmer@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joxmer-Scott-Frias
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9557-6333

Fernando Cervigón
principal investigator
Museo Marino de Margarita
Bulevar El Paseo, Edificio Museo Marino, Boca de Río, Península de Macanao, Isla de Margarita
Boca de Río
Nueva Esparta
VE
email: museomar@hotmail.com
homepage: http://www.museomarino.com/index.html

Joxmer Scott-Frías
author
position: Visiting researcher
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Av. Paseo Los Ilustres, Los Chaguaramos. Apartado Postal 47058
Caracas
1041-A
Distrito Capital
VE
email: joxmer@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joxmer-Scott-Frias
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9557-6333

Joxmer Scott-Frías
administrative point of contact
position: Visiting researcher
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Av. Paseo Los Ilustres, Los Chaguaramos. Apartado Postal 47058
Caracas
1041-A
Distrito Capital
VE
email: joxmer@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joxmer-Scott-Frias
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9557-6333