Distribution of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems at the South Sandwich Islands: Results From the Blue Belt Discovery Expedition 99 Deep-Water Camera Surveys

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Downie, Anna-Leena, Vieira, Rui P., Hogg, Oliver T., Darby, Chris
• Other Authors: Government of the United Kingdom
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2021
• Subjects: Ocean Engineering; Water Science and Technology; Aquatic Science; Global and Planetary Change; Oceanography; Scotia Sea; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; South Georgia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.662285; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.662285/full

The South Sandwich Islands (SSI) are a chain of volcanic islands located to the east of the Scotia Sea, approximately 700 km south-east of South Georgia. To date, knowledge of the SSI benthic environment remains limited. In this context, the Blue Belt Programme conducted a scientific survey in the S...