Abstract
Microcosm experiments were established and run for 80 days to test the impacts of sediment type (clay and marine snow) and oil concentration (0, 3, 10 g/m2) on the benthos. During the course of the experiment, multiple aspects of the community were examined. Organisms were identified and their abundance determined. Diversity and nematode to copepod ratios were calculated across all treatments and replicates.
Purpose
To test the effects of oil contaminated marine on benthic meiofauna.
Keywords
Meiofauna, marine oil snow (MOS), microcosm experiment
UDI
R4.x267.000:0108
Date
February 2019
Point of Contact
Name
Paul A. Montagna
Organization
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi / The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
Name
Melissa Rohal Lupher
Organization
Texas Water Development Board
Funding Source
RFP-4
DOI
10.7266/N74J0CRK
Rights Information
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 License.
Scholar Commons Citation
Melissa Rohal and Paul Montagna. 2019. The impact of experimental oil-contaminated marine snow on meiofauna. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N74J0CRK
Comments
Extent
This data set is based on the results of a laboratory experiment.
Supplemental Information
Summary worksheet: Obs, Oil (0, 3, or 10 g oil/m2), Total Number (total number of animals), Hill's N1, Nematode copepod ratio, Total Number STD, Hill's N1 STD, Nematode copepod ratio STD. Meiofauna day 80 worksheet: NAquarium, Trt_Rep (treatment and replicate where: Control: No treatment, Snow C0: Marine snow without oil, Snow C1: Marine snow with 3 g oil/m², Snow C2: Marine snow with 10 g oil/m², Clay C0: Clay without oil, Clay C1: Clay with 3 g oil /m², Clay C2: Clay with 10 g oil/m²), Date (MM/DD/YYYY), Replicate, Meiofauna count. Average across replicates worksheet: Trt_Rep (treatment and replicate where: Control: No treatment, Snow C0: Marine snow without oil, Snow C1: Marine snow with 3 g oil/m², Snow C2: Marine snow with 10 g oil/m², Clay C0: Clay without oil, Clay C1: Clay with 3 g oil /m², Clay C2: Clay with 10 g oil/m²), Meiofauna average.|Data are from a microcosm experiment run for 80 days testing the impact of marine oiled snow on the benthic community. Samples for meiofauna were collected only on the final day of the experiment. Meiofauna analysis was an afterthought of the original experiment. Values are total count for each core. Three cores were collected in each aquaria. Core diameter was 1.9 cm.||||