Taxa specific meiofauna density in the HAUSGARTEN area (Fram Strait) in 2015 (POLARSTERN cruise PS93.2)

Values were originally given per 10 cm**2 (rounded to 1 decimal place) and were recalculated to m**2 by multiplying by 1000.

During PS93.2 (in 2015) bacteria density, meiofauna density, macrofauna density and macrofauna biomass was determined. For the bacterial density determination, sediment subsamples were taken with modified syringes (1.17 cm² cross-sectional area) from MUC recovered sediment cores and from benthic chambers. The first centimetre of each sample was stored in a 2 % filtered formalin solution at 4 °C. The acridine orange direct count (AODC) method (Hobbie et al., 1977) was used to stain bacteria in the subsamples and subsequently bacteria were counted with a microscope (Axioskop 50, Zeiss) under UV-light (CQ-HXP-120, LEj, Germany). […]