Sampling event

Meiofauna monitoring in the Trieste harbour, northern Adriatic Sea (Port Authority), 2013 and 2015

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Description

Meiofauna monitoring in the Trieste harbour, Northern Adriatic Sea (Port Authority), 2013 and 2015. In June 2013 and March 2015, sampling was carried out in the harbour of the Trieste port by a KC Haps bottom corer with polycarbonate sample tubes (12.7 cm I.D. with a sample area of 127 cm2). In laboratory, one sediment core was subsampled by means of 3 cut-off plastic syringes (2.7 cm I.D., surface area of 5.72 cm2, 0-10 cm top sediment) in order to obtain three pseudoreplicates for the meiofauna. Meiofaunal organisms (38–1000 m) were extracted from sediment subsamples by sieving each pseudoreplicate and by centrifuging the material retained by a 38 μm mesh net with Ludox HS-40 (density of 1.15–1.18 g cm−3). All meiobenthic organisms were counted and taxonomically classified to the main groups under a stereomicroscope (Olympus SZX12; final magnification of × 32-40).

Data Records

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2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
33
ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
481
Occurrence 
368

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Franzo A (2022): Meiofauna monitoring in the Trieste harbour, northern Adriatic Sea (Port Authority), 2013 and 2015. v1.9. National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://doi.org/10.6092/b3rs-4076

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Keywords

samplingEvent; marine; meiofauna; Samplingevent

Contacts

Annalisa Franzo
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Scientist
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale
Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C
34010 Trieste
Trieste
IT
Marina Lipizer
  • Metadata Provider
Researcher
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale
Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C
34010 Trieste
TS
IT
+39 0402140310
Paola Del Negro
  • Originator
Senior Scientist
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale
Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C
34010 Trieste
TS
IT

Geographic Coverage

Gulf of Trieste: https://marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=3385

Bounding Coordinates South West [45.599, 13.746], North East [45.64, 13.808]

Taxonomic Coverage

Phylum list: Annelida Arthropoda Gastrotricha Kinorhyncha Mollusca Nematoda Platyhelminthes Rotifera Sipunculida Tardigrada

Kingdom Animalia

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2013-06-24 / 2013-06-26
Start Date 2015-03-20

Project Data

Monitoring in the Port of Trieste

Title Port Authority - Autorità Portuale
Identifier 1533
Study Area Description Trieste harbour, Northern Adriatic Sea

The personnel involved in the project:

Annalisa Franzo
Paola Del Negro

Sampling Methods

Sampling was carried out by bottom corer.

Study Extent Two monitoring campaigns were performed (June 2013 and March 2015).
Quality Control Replicates were sampled and analysed to take into account biological variability.

Method step description:

  1. Sampling was carried out in the harbour of the Trieste port by a KC Haps bottom corer with polycarbonate sample tubes (12.7 cm I.D. with a sample area of 127 cm2). In laboratory, one sediment core was subsampled by means of 3 cut-off plastic syringes (2.7 cm I.D., surface area of 5.72 cm2, 0-10 cm top sediment) in order to obtain three pseudoreplicates for the meiofauna. All data are converted to by multiplying them by a conversion factor (1.66). Meiofaunal organisms (38–1000 m) were extracted from sediment subsamples by sieving each pseudoreplicate and by centrifuging the material retained by a 38 μm mesh net with Ludox HS-40 (density of 1.15–1.18 g cm−3). All meiobenthic organisms were counted and taxonomically classified to the main groups under a stereomicroscope (Olympus SZX12; final magnification of × 32-40).

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 10.6092/b3rs-4076
https://nodc.ogs.it/ipt/resource?r=meiofauna_portauthority