342b45f2-3ee5-4dc4-9515-edeaa9a29478 English UTF-8 Dataset Mr. Sakthivel Samy V National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) +91-832-2525515 Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804 Vasco-da-Gama Goa 403804 IND vssamy@ncpor.res.in Point of contact 2020-12-10 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Phytoplankton Organisms Collected During the First Indian Antarctic Expedition. 2020-08-21 Creation Document digital 28 species belonging to 23 genera were recorded as components of the phytoplankton population collected during the First Indian Antarctic Expedition. Diatoms were represented by 27 species belonging to 20 genera and were distinctly the abundant forms at stations near the ice edge. Dinoflagellates and silicoflagellates were poorly represented. Away from ice edge the coccolithophore sappeared in large numbers, however, most of the individual cells were too small and ill-defined for species identification. These series of samples were collected during the First Indian Expedition to Antarctica in December1981. A total of 22 samples covering 13 stations have been collected between 72?S and 40?S on the route between the landing site at Antarctica and Mauritius (Fig. 1). Since Heron Tranter nets were used(vertical haul, 200-0m) for these collections, only a qualitative analysis of the phytoplankton forms couldbe possible. The species identifications were carried out with the help of the following literature VanHeurck (1896) Lebour (1930) Subrahmanyan (1946) Motoda (1966) Desikachary (1979). In the case of coccohthophores, identifications could not be made as they were too small and ill-defined. Completed Dr. J I Goes National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) 8322525515 Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804 Vasco-da-Gama Goa 403804 IND ictd@ncpor.res.in Principal investigator Earth Science-Marine Science Theme Antarctic Southern Ocean Place Phytoplankton Organisms Collected During the First Indian Antarctic Expedition Project English oceans 20.0 140.0 -90.0 30.0 1981-01-01 1982-12-31 TableDigital unknown unknown Mr. Sakthivel Samy V National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) +91-832-2525515 Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804 Vasco-da-Gama Goa 403804 IND vssamy@ncpor.res.in Distributor http://npdc.ncaor.gov.in/npdc/search_mf_data.action?search=freeText&expedition_type=all&parameter=MF664795510&userType=user&freeTextValue=Phytoplankton+Organisms+Collected+During+the+First+Indian+Antarctic+Expedition.