Porifera collection of the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA), with an updated checklist from Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea)

This new dataset presents occurrence data for Porifera collected in the Ross Sea, mainly in the Terra Nova Bay area, and curated at the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, section of Genoa). Specimens were collected in 331 different sampling stations at depths ranging from 17 to 1,100 meters in the framework of 17 different Italian Antarctic expeditions funded by the Italian National Antarctic Research Program (PNRA). A total of 807 specimens, belonging to 144 morphospecies (i.e., 95 taxa identified at species level and 49 classified at least at the genus level) is included in the dataset. Nearly half (45%) of the species reported here correspond to species already known for Terra Nova Bay. Out of the remaining 55% previously unknown records, under a third (~29%) were classified at the species level, while over a quarter (~26%) were ascribed to the genus level only and these would require further study. All vouchers are permanently curated at the MNA and are available for study to the scientific community. A 3D model of an uncommon species from the Ross Sea, i.e. Tethyopsisbrondstedi (Burton, 1929), is also presented and will be made available for outreach purposes.

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Distributional records of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Ophiuroidea from samples curated at the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA): check-list update of the group in the Terra Nova Bay area (Ross Sea) and launch of the MNA 3D model ‘virtual gallery’

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.705.13712 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 705 ◽

pp. 61-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Matteo Cecchetto ◽

Maria Chiara Alvaro ◽

Claudio Ghiglione ◽

Alice Guzzi ◽

Claudio Mazzoli ◽

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Keyword(s):

3D Model ◽

Ross Sea ◽

Check List ◽

Bay Area ◽

Terra Nova Bay ◽

List Update ◽

Terra Nova

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The Bryozoa collection of the Italian National Antarctic Museum, with an updated checklist from Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.812.26964 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 812 ◽

pp. 1-22

Author(s):

Matteo Cecchetto ◽

Chiara Lombardi ◽

Simonepietro Canese ◽

Silvia Cocito ◽

Piotr Kuklinski ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ross Sea ◽

3D Models ◽

Bathymetric Range ◽

Specific Level ◽

Bay Area ◽

Magellan Strait ◽

Terra Nova Bay ◽

Antarctic Research ◽

Terra Nova ◽

Sea Area

This study provides taxonomic and distributional data of bryozoan species from the Ross Sea area, mainly around Terra Nova Bay, based on specimens curated at the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa). Bryozoan specimens were collected at 75 different sampling stations in the Ross Sea and in the Magellan Strait, in a bathymetric range of 18–711 meters, during 13 expeditions of the Italian National Antarctic Research Program (PNRA) conducted between 1988 and 2014. A total of 282 MNA vouchers corresponding to 311 specimens and 127 morphospecies have been identified and included in the present dataset. 62% of the species were already reported for the Terra Nova Bay area, where most of the Italian samples come from, with a 35% of samples representing new records classified at the specific level, and 3% classified at the genus level. These new additions increase to 124 the total number of species known to occur in Terra Nova Bay. Four 3D-models of Antarctic bryozoans from the Ross Sea are also presented and will be released for research and educational purposes on the Museum website.

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96/02101 Italian Antarctic Research Program: Environmental radioactivity survey around the Italian bases (1987–1991) Terra Nova Bay-Ross Sea region

Fuel and Energy Abstracts ◽

10.1016/0140-6701(96)88090-8 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 141

Keyword(s):

Research Program ◽

Ross Sea ◽

Environmental Radioactivity ◽

Terra Nova Bay ◽

Antarctic Research ◽

Terra Nova

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Particulate organic matter composition in Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica) during summer 1990

Antarctic Science ◽

10.1017/s095410209600003x ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 7-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

M. Fabiano ◽

P. Povero ◽

R. Danovaro

Keyword(s):

Organic Matter ◽

Mixed Layer ◽

Particulate Organic Matter ◽

Ross Sea ◽

Research Programme ◽

Dna And Rna ◽

Terra Nova Bay ◽

Pack Ice ◽

Antarctic Research ◽

Terra Nova

Particulate organic matter was collected in the coastal waters of Terra Nova Bay during the Oceanographic Campaign of the Italian Antarctic Research Programme in summer (January–February) 1990. Particulate matter composition was analysed for organic carbon and nitrogen, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) and ATP. A vertical stratification was evident in the study area, and resulted from prior melting of the pack ice. Suspended organic matter in the mixed layer and below the mixed layer differed in quantitative and qualitative composition. Except for ATP, all the biochemical components showed higher concentrations in the mixed layer than in the deeper waters. The particulate organic matter in Terra Nova Bay was mostly detrital and of algal origin.

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Italian Antarctic Research Program: Environmental radioactivity survey around the Italian base (1987–1991) Terra Nova Bay — Ross sea region

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity ◽

10.1016/0265-931x(94)00046-y ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 35-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ottavio Tubertini ◽

M.Giovanna Bettoli ◽

Lorenzo Cantelli ◽

Laura Tositti ◽

Sergio Valcher ◽

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Keyword(s):

Research Program ◽

Ross Sea ◽

Environmental Radioactivity ◽

Terra Nova Bay ◽

Antarctic Research ◽

Terra Nova

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Contribution to the taxonomic knowledge of Ampharetidae (Annelida) from Antarctica with the description of Amage giacomobovei sp. nov.

European Journal of Taxonomy ◽

10.5852/ejt.2021.733.1227 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 733 ◽

Author(s):

Stefano Schiaparelli ◽

Igor A. Jirkov

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Ross Sea ◽

Close Association ◽

Research Station ◽

Bay Area ◽

Terra Nova Bay ◽

Coastal Embayment ◽

Sponge Spicules ◽

Terra Nova ◽

A New Species

Thanks to newly collected material from the Terra Nova Bay area (Ross Sea, Antarctica), we discuss the taxonomy of the ampharetid genera Amage Malmgren, 1866 and Amythas Benham, 1921. A new species of Amage, A. giacomobovei sp. nov., is described based on morpho-anatomical data. This is the second new species described from an area which appears to be rich in ampharetids, a coastal embayment at ~500 m depth near the Italian “Mario Zucchelli” research station. The new species is characterized by having 16 abdominal uncinigers and four pairs of branchiae that readily distinguish it from its congeners. Tubes of A. giacomobovei sp. nov. are also characteristic in showing a large amount of embedded sponge spicules, suggesting a possible close association to spicule mats. Based on the amended diagnoses of the two genera, Amage septemdecima Schüller & Jirkov, 2013 is transferred to the genus Amythas. Finally, to simplify the task of ampharetid genera recognition for untrained people, we provide a dichotomic key for ampharetid genera found in Antarctica and a checklist of species occurring in Terra Nova Bay.

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Particulate organic matter release below melting sea ice (Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea, Antarctica): Possible relationships with zooplankton

Journal of Marine Systems ◽

10.1016/j.jmarsys.2021.103510 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 103510

Author(s):

Alessandro Cau ◽

Claudia Ennas ◽

Davide Moccia ◽

Olga Mangoni ◽

Francesco Bolinesi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Organic Matter ◽

Sea Ice ◽

Particulate Organic Matter ◽

Ross Sea ◽

Terra Nova Bay ◽

Terra Nova

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A comparison between polynya area and associated ice production with mooring-based measurements of temperature, salinity and currents in the southwestern Ross Sea, Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology ◽

10.3189/172756411795931705 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 52 (57) ◽

pp. 291-300 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Stefan Kern ◽

Stefano Aliani

Keyword(s):

Ross Sea ◽

Time Lag ◽

Ice Formation ◽

Terra Nova Bay ◽

In Situ Observations ◽

Satellite Microwave ◽

Terra Nova ◽

Ice Production ◽

The Impact

AbstractWintertime (April–September) area estimates of the Terra Nova Bay polynya (TNBP), Antarctica, based on satellite microwave radiometry are compared with in situ observations of water salinity, temperature and currents at a mooring in Terra Nova Bay in 1996 and 1997. In 1996, polynya area anomalies and associated anomalies in polynya ice production are significantly correlated with salinity anomalies at the mooring. Salinity anomalies lag area and/or ice production anomalies by about 3 days. Up to 50% of the variability in the salinity at the mooring position can be explained by area and/or ice production anomalies in the TNBP for April–September 1996. This value increases to about 70% when considering shorter periods like April–June or May–July, but reduces to 30% later, for example July–September, together with a slight increase in time lag. In 1997, correlations are smaller, less significant and occur at a different time lag. Analysis of ocean currents at the mooring suggests that in 1996 conditions were more favourable than in 1997 for observing the impact of descending plumes of salt-enriched water formed in the polynya during ice formation on the water masses at the mooring depth.

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