Ciliate abundance and biomass in water samples collected at Station SEPT-1997-GN36199704606MNB02 in the Aegean Sea

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Borax-buffered formalin (final concentration 2% formaldehyde). Samples for ciliate counting were stored at 4°C in the dark until observation. For ciliate identification and enumeration, 100 ml samples were left for 24 h in sedimentation cylinders and then observed under an inverted epifluorescence microscope. Ciliate cell sizes were measured and converted into cell volumes using appropriate geometric formulae of Peuto-Moreau (Peuto-Moreau M., 1991. Symbiose plastidiale et mixotrophie des cilies planctoniques marins Oligotrichina (Ciliophora). These de Doctorat d' etat, Universite de Nice-Sophia Antipolis). For biomass estimation the conversion factor 140 fgC µm^-3 was used (Putt M., Stoecker D.K., 1989. An experimentally determined carbon: volume ratio for marine oligotrichous ciliates from estuarine and coastal waters. Limnology and Oceanography 34, 1097-1103).

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.692280
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.692280
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Creator Pitta, Paraskevi ORCID logo; Giannakourou, Antonia ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Contributor Hellenic Center of Marine Research, Institut of Oceanography, Greece
Publication Year 2008
Funding Reference Fourth Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011105 Crossref Funder ID IC21960002 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/IC21960002 Mass Transfer and Ecosystem Response; Fourth Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011105 Crossref Funder ID MAS3960051 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/MAS3960051 Mass Transfer and Ecosystem Response; Sixth Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011103 Crossref Funder ID 36949 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/36949 Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem Changes
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 12 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (24.603 LON, 40.078 LAT); Aegean Sea