93d49de0-ff2a-35e3-2d70-1d0bdb2c1b00 eng utf8 dataset pointOfContact NIWA National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research +64 4 386 0300 voice +64 4 386 0574 facsimile 301 Evans Bay Parade Hataitai Wellington 6021 New Zealand Kevin.Mackay@niwa.co.nz http://www.niwa.co.nz Website of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand - experts in environmental science Kevin Mackay NIWA National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research curator@niwa.co.nz Data curator 2014-08-29T09:43:46 creation ISO 19115-3 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP NZST/NZDT Distribution of surface phytoplankton between New Zealand and Antarctica, December 1957 creation revision During the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958, the distribution of phytoplankton in the southern ocean and Ross Sea was investigated from fifty-seven samples taken at roughly 30-mile intervals between southern New Zealand and McMurdo Sound. The greatest diversity of species occurred between 55° and 60°S, just north of the Antarctic Convergence. Maximum concentration was found at 70° to 72°S, where Corethron crioplhilum was profoundly dominant. A predominately sub-Antarctic assemblage between 52° and 64°S was dominated by nine species not found in significant quantities elsewhere in the series of samples. Only two of these extended in appreciable numbers into the Ross Sea. Six of the commonest species ranged from sub-Antarctic waters southwards across the Antarctic Convergence, and two were not recorded north of the Ross Sea. Original expeditions reports were digitised with the intention of making the data accessible to the scientific community and the general public. completed pointOfContact NIWA Kevin Mackay Marine Database Manager vector biota oceans Oceanic waters between New Zealand and the Ross Sea, Anatarctica 165.5,-48 180,-48 180,-77.667 165.5,-77.667 165.5,-48 165.5 180 -77.667 -48 1957-12-19T00:00:00 1957-12-31T00:00:00 https://dc.niwa.co.nz:/niwa_dc/srv/api/records/93d49de0-ff2a-35e3-2d70-1d0bdb2c1b00/attachments/TAE_logo_s.png thumbnail png https://dc.niwa.co.nz:/niwa_dc/srv/api/records/93d49de0-ff2a-35e3-2d70-1d0bdb2c1b00/attachments/TAE_logo.png large_thumbnail png plankton Antarctica unclassified eng https://dc.niwa.co.nz/niwa_dc/srv/metadata/93d49de0-ff2a-35e3-2d70-1d0bdb2c1b00 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--metadata-URL Point of truth URL of this metadata record http://nzobisipt.elasticbeanstalk.com/resource.do?r=mbis_tae Download data Data were digitised from original reports. Positions of stations where checked for within a GIS for any errors in lat/long that may have arisen during the digitisation process. Species names were check against the World Regsiter of Marine Organisms (WoRMS http://marinespecies.org). dataset unclassified