Abstract:

Mollusk and meiofauna communities data were collected during an expedition of the R/V Weatherbird II cruise WB0517 to the northwestern margin of Cuba from 2017-05-13 to 2017-05-23. Sediment was collected using a multi-corer and three replicates were kept for these communities and preserved in a 10% buffered formalin. Mollusks (dead and alive shells) were sieved through a 0.5 mm sieve and species were identified from the top 10 cm of each core. The presence/absence of 129 mollusks species is presented in this dataset. Meiofauna was sieved through a 0.063 mm sieve and all the alive organisms were identified to their higher taxonomic level. The R/V Weatherbird II cruise WB0517 was led by chief scientist Dr. Steven A. Murawski with the objective of providing a baseline of fauna and sediments.

Suggested Citation:

Maickel Armenteros. 2019. Mollusk and meiofauna communities data collected onboard the R/V Weatherbird II cruise WB0517 in the northwestern margin of Cuba from 2017-05-13 to 2017-05-23. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/n7-88ne-3229

Publications:

Armenteros, M., Schwing, P. T., Larson, R. A., Díaz-Asencio, M., Martínez-Suárez, A., Fernández-Garcés, R., … Brooks, G. R. (2019). Geochemical and Faunal Characterization in the Sediments off the Cuban North and Northwest Coast. Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills, 147–159. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12963-7_9

Purpose:

To explore patterns of abundance and diversity across the northwestern margin of Cuba and define a biological baseline against future possible impacts.

Data Parameters and Units:

Latitude and longitude (decimal degrees), water depth (m), collection date (mm/dd/yyyy), core ID, mollusks species (presence =1 or absence=0), meiofauna to their higher taxonomic level (counts = abundance).

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