Abstract
Abstract The pelagic Ostracods of the MARCHILE I‐Expedition were studied from samples collected during February and March 1960 off the Chilean coast between 30° S and 42° S. The study area in the Peru‐Chile Coastal Current had a length of more than 1500 km and a breadth of 250 km. The upper 200 m (Epipelagial) consisted of five water masses characterized by different values of temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen. Two of these water masses were associated with zones of upwelling. The horizontal spatial distributions of six very abundant species are uniquely associated with specific water masses, as follows: Subtropical Surface Water and Porroecia porrecta pacifica. Antiboreal Water (=Subantarctic Surface Water) and Orthoconchoecia haddoni marchilensis. Low Salinity Water and Conchoecia lophura lissoides. Equatorial Subsurface Water (=Gunther Current) and Conchoecetta giesbrechti giesbrechti. Subantarctic Subsurface Water and Pseudoconchoecia serrulata. Upwelling areas of Antiboreal Water and Orthoco...
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