Casey marine sediment meiofauna 2015

Marine meiofauna community data from Casey Station area in the Windmill Islands, east Antarctica. Data comes from samples taken by divers in 2015 from 10 locations around the Casey area. Samples were taken with small corers which consisted of modified 60 mL syringes with internal diameter of 28 mm. These syringes were inserted into the sediment to a depth of 10 cm, then extracted and the lower end capped. Samples were preserved in 4% formalin. All meiofauna were counted and identified to at least phylum level. Copepods were identified to family level and nematodes were identified to genus level.

There are a total of 83 samples, 8 from each location, except for 4 at O’Brien Bay-1 and 12 at Shannon Bay and Brown Bay Middle.

The data consists of an excel spreadsheet with four worksheets.

1. Location data – latitude, longitude, depth
2. Phylum/Class/Order counts per sample
3. Copepod family counts per sample
4. Nematode genus counts per sample