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Summary:A dataset containing 971828 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query: Country: Antarctica HasGeospatialIssue: false Geometry: POLYGON((-180 -82,-180 82,180 82,180 -82,-180 -82)). The dataset includes 971828 records from 608 constituent datasets: 37 records from MMNH Museum Bird Collection. 4 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Invertebrate Collection. 1011 records from Molluscs collection (IM) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 57 records from Mollusca collection of National Museum of Nature and Science. 16 records from Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (NL) – Mammalia. 7 records from MVZ Mammal Collection (Arctos). 8 records from Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM. 141 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Botany Leiden. 15 records from Ornithology Collection Non Passeriformes - Royal Ontario Museum. 27 records from Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (NL) - Aves. 5 records from Zoology (Museum of Evolution - Uppsala). 44 records from CSIRO Ichthyology provider for OZCAM. 1946 records from Fishbase. 244 records from SAIAB. 32 records from (Table T1) Dinoflagellate cyst and spore/pollen yield and preservation in ODP Leg 188 sites. 11 records from KUBI Mammalogy Collection. 76 records from (Fig. 2) Vertical density profiles of meiofauna taxa in surface sediments of Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula. 63 records from (Data S1) Palynology of ODP Site 119-739. 25 records from Studies on the Zoarcidae of the southern hemisphere. 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New records from western Antarctica.. 74 records from Culture Collection of Cryophilic Algae. 721 records from Antarctic Porifera database from the Spanish benthic expeditions: Bentart, Gebrap and Ciemar. 415 records from Bird tissue collection, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo. 2772 records from Museum Victoria provider for OZCAM. 1 records from Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Mammals. 8 records from (Table 1) Trawled distance, Isopoda per 1000 m haul length, expected number of species, evenness, and the Shannon-Wiener index during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XIX/3 (ANDEEP I). 513 records from UAM Mammal Collection (Arctos). 71 records from (Data S1) Palynology of ODP Site 113-696. 12 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Mammal Collection. 1 records from Ornithologie ZMK. 5 records from Lund Museum of Zoology (MZLU). 38 records from (Table T2) Dinoflagellate cysts and pollen/spore yield and preservation in ODP Site 188-1166. 1 records from Vermes ZMK. 7 records from Crustacea collection of National Museum of Nature and Science. 44 records from (Data S1) Palynology of IODP Hole 318-U1360A. 12 records from NCSM Birds Collection. 151 records from (Table T1) Biostratigraphy and distribution of Quaternary and Miocene calcareous nannofossils in ODP Site 188-1165. 750 records from Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. 1112 records from Australia's Virtual Herbarium. 234 records from University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC) - Bryophytes Collection. 7057 records from EOD - eBird Observation Dataset. 1234 records from Invertebrates (GBIF-SE:SMNH). 10 records from KUBI Ichthyology Tissue Collection. 23 records from University of California Museum of Paleontology. 400 records from CAS Ichthyology (ICH). 140 records from (Table 2b) Downcore distribution of live benthic foraminifera of sediment core PS1394-3, Weddell Sea. 28 records from Counts of recycled Pliocene foraminifera of sediment core CRP-1 (App. 1). 5 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-03-03-5. 9 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-03-05-6. 8 records from Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (NL) – Mollusca_Pectinoidea. 1266 records from CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ). 111 records from (Table T5) Relative abundance of Eocene plant microfossil taxa of ODP Site 188-1166. 46 records from (Table T2) Stratigraphic distribution of dinoflagellates and pollen/spores by age class, ODP Leg 188 sites. 4 records from Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum. 228 records from iNaturalist research-grade observations. 1 records from CONN. 1 records from Invertebrate collection of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University. 9 records from Cnidaria Collection of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University. 1066 records from Global Lacustrine Diatoms. 1 records from Coleccion Entomologica CEI - CCT Mendoza CONICET.. 1 records from DMNS Mammal Collection (Arctos). 216 records from (Table 2a) Downcore distribution of live benthic foraminifera of sediment core PS1394-1, Weddell Sea. 653 records from Live benthic foraminifera in South Atlantic surface sediments. 181 records from Occurence of monothalamous foraminifera in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, West Antarctica (Table 1, 2). 11 records from Colección Ictiológica del CENPAT-CONICET. 56 records from (Table T2) Dinoflagellate cyst occurrence in neogene sediments of ODP Hole 178-1095B. 3 records from (Table T2) Dinoflagellate cyst occurrence in neogene sediments of ODP Hole 178-1096B. 20 records from (Table T2) Dinoflagellate cyst occurrence in neogene sediments of ODP Hole 178-1096C. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-03-06-8. 8 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-03-07-8. 21 records from UAM Bird Collection (Arctos). 2493 records from (Table T1) Foraminifer abundance of ODP Hole 188-1165B. 9 records from CAS Ornithology (ORN). 11 records from Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM. 3 records from NYSM Birds. 64 records from Coleção de Polychaeta do Museu Nacional. 34978 records from NMNH occurrence DwC-A. 3 records from Colección Nacional de Invertebrados - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 'Bernardino Rivadavia'. 248 records from Counts of Quaternary foraminifera of sediment core CRP-1 (App. 1). 77 records from Bryophyte herbarium, Trondheim (TRH). 52 records from (Table T8) Occurrence of Neogloboquadrina pachyderma in ODP Hole 178-1098C. 89 records from naturgucker. 9 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-03-04-5. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-03-09-1. 14 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-03-11-1. 10 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-02-10. 10 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-06-4. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-23-6. 5 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP96-04A-10-12. 5 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP96-04A-12-1. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP96-04A-17-4. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP96-04A-18-1. 4 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-01-10. 2 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-05-10. 4 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-05-9. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-06-4. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-03-08-2. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-03-12-2. 8 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-03-14-3. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-04-5. 10 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-05-1. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-07-1. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-08-1. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-13-1. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-32-1. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-33-5. 8 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP96-04A-03-16. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP96-04A-06-2. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP96-04A-11-5. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-02-2. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-03-7. 4 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-08-9. 2 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-13-4. 4 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-15-3. 4 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-19-2. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-28-3. 6 records from (Table 3+4) Abundance, biomass, production, and grazing of prokaryotes, nanoflagellates, ciliates, and dinoflagellates in three areas close to the Antarctic Peninsula in spring and summer 1995/96. 8 records from Herbarium of The New York Botanical Garden. 6697 records from Snow Petrel census, Reeve Hill, Windmill Island, East Antarctica (1984-2003). 6 records from MfN - Fossil plants (Mesophytic). 1 records from Bacteria from Penguin Guano, Antarctica. 7 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-03-10-10. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-03-13-2. 8 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-03-16-1. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-03-3. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-09-1. 4 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-16-3. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-19-1. 8 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-25-4. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-28-1. 7 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-29-1. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-31-7. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-34-1. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-35-5. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-36-1. 6 records from Microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-08-37-4. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP96-04A-04-4. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP96-04A-13-4. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP96-04A-14-13. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP96-04A-15-5. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP96-04A-20-5. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP96-04A-22-5. 4 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-04-1. 6 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-07-5. 2 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-13-5. 4 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-17-7. 4 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-18-5. 4 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-20-3. 2 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-09-1. 4 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-10-2. 4 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-14-2. 1360 records from (Appendix table DR1) Foraminiferal distribution data for ODP Hole 178-1098B. 1055 records from Macro benthos in surface sediments sampled during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXIII/8. 85 records from Calcareous nannofossil assemblage in sediment core CIROS-1. 14 records from Ostracod species in Oligocene sediments of core CRP-3. 18 records from (Table 1) Early Miocene and late Oligocene ostracods in sediment core CRP-2A. 818 records from Range chart of calcareous nannofossils from ODP Hole 188-1165B (Table 1). 64 records from (Table 2) Distribution of calcareous nannofossils in ODP Hole 119-738C. 764 records from RMT Trawl catch from the 2005/06 V3 BROKE-West voyage - Zooplankton. 1 records from Natural History Museum Rotterdam (NL) - Chordata collection. 83 records from Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Cumacea.. 28 records from Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Pycnogonida.. 90 records from Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Tanaidacea.. 250 records from Amphipoda Hyperiidea of the Southern Ocean: catalogue and occurrences. 1579 records from Antarctic Jellyfish. 1 records from Antarctic Marine Amoebae. 335 records from Biogeographic distribution of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Mysida. 439 records from Antarctic and Subantarctic Asteroid zoogeography. 3855 records from Icota - Pelagant. 4 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-23-2. 4 records from Nano and microzooplankton abundance and biomass at station NBP97-01-25-2. 1698 records from Italica 2004_Rauschert dredge_Ross_sea_Mollusca_lgp. 464 records from (Fig. 3) Absolute abundance of dead benthic foraminifera in sediment core PS1394-3. 270 records from (Table 6) Distribution of live benthic foraminifera in deep-sea surface sediments of the Scotia Sea, part 1. 19 records from Table 1. Location, water depth, grain size distribution, organic carbon and carbonate contents of the investigated Arctic and Antarctic surface sediment samples. 204 records from Benthos abundance in surface sediment sampled during cruise ANT-V/1. 56 records from Ostracod species in Oligocene sediments of core CRP-2A. 79 records from (Table 2) Quarternary ostracod abundance in sediment core CRP-1. 33 records from (Table 3) Range chart of calcareous nannofossils from Weddell and Bellingshausen Sea sediment cores. 18 records from (Table 4) Range chart of calcareous nannofossils from Ross Sea sediment cores. 2634 records from Mega benthos in surface sediments sampled during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXIII/8. 3 records from Plankton abundance measured in surface water during Polarstern cruise ANT-XX/2. 4189 records from (Table 2) Ranges of middle Eocene through Holocene planktonic foraminifera in ODP Hole 119-738C. 174 records from Antarctic pycnogonids. 419 records from (Table 2) Abundance of ostracods in surface sediment samples from the Admiralty Bay, King George Island, West Antarctica. 17 records from (Table 1) Mineralogy of ODP Hole 113-692B. 28 records from Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM. 11 records from Lichen herbarium, Oslo (O). 5841 records from (Table 1) Ranges of Paleocene to middle Eocene planktonic foraminifera in ODP Hole 119-738B. 900 records from Occurrence of dinoflagellate cysts in ODP Hole 119-738C (Appendix). 2414 records from LACM Vertebrate Collection. 1 records from Colección Nacional de Equinodermos Mexicanos (ICMyL-DF, UNAM). 73 records from Nationaal Herbarium Nederland. 15105 records from SOMBASE BIOCONSTRUCTORS. 24 records from Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Polychaeta. 1979-80. 685 records from Biogeographic distribution of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic brachiopods (living forms). 46 records from Antarctic Marine Bacteria from Denmark University. 4717 records from Weddell Sea macrozoobenthos EASIZ I. 175 records from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN), Buenos Aires: sea stars collection (Asteroidea, Echinodermata). 43 records from Antarctic Isopods. 162 records from Antarctic fish Gobionotothen gibberifrons. 104 records from Ross Sea Pycnogonids. 70 records from Promachocrinus kerguelensis. 842 records from South American Antarctic Marine Biodiversity Literature. 23 records from Southern Ocean oligochaete occurrence data - a literature-based compilation. 832 records from RMT Trawl catch from the 1982/83 V2 ADBEX I voyage. 1998 records from RMT Trawl catch from the 1984/85 V5 SIBEX2 voyage. 1212 records from RMT Trawl catch from the 1990/91 V6 AAMBER2 voyage. 410 records from Collection Crustacea - ZIM Hamburg. 338 records from Collection Polychaeta - ZIM Hamburg. 51 records from Collection Porifera - ZMB. 1 records from Collection Ornithologie - ZSRO. 4595 records from Weddell Seal census, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica. 480 records from Distribution of Cretaceous and early Danian planktonic foraminifera in ODP Hole 119-738C (Table 1). 250 records from (Appendix) Relative abundance of some calcareous nannofossils in ODP Hole 119-738C. 103 records from (Table 5) Distribution of calcareous nannofossils in ODP Hole 119-738C. 1 records from AlgaTerra. 10 records from Collection Crustacea ZMG. 2 records from Insecta ZMK. 1003 records from Biogeographic distribution of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Cumacea. 3 records from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Lophogastrida occurrences. 555 records from Marine birds and mammals of the Southern Ocean (a census for the CAML). 611 records from MNA - Sezione di Genova - (Marine Biological Samples). 22 records from Antarctic Pycnogonids II. 243 records from Mitochondrial lineages in the Antarctic sea slug Doris kerguelenensis. 422 records from Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba. 173 records from Antarctic Foraminiferans. 177 records from Antarctic Marine Species Sequence Data. 51 records from Antarctic Parborlasia corrugatus. 4 records from Penguins of Antarctica. 5 records from Asteroids from French subantarctic islands: records from the Marion Dufresne MD03 expeditions. 3656 records from SO-Polylist. 37 records from In situ observations of Stygiomedusa gigantea. 138 records from RMT Trawl catch from the 1983/84 V5 ADBEX II voyage. 541 records from RMT Trawl catch from the 1986/87 V7 AAMBER voyage. 10 records from Collection Bryozoa - ZIM Hamburg. 17 records from Collection Cnidaria - ZMB. 24 records from Collection Echinodermata - ZMB. 24 records from Collection Hydrozoa - ZMB. 16 records from Collection Polychaeta - ZSRO. 2 records from ANTAVIA-TrackingKing. 98 records from Antarctic Amphipoda. 80 records from Antarctic Nemertea. 3 records from Antarctic Arrow worms. 4520 records from SOMBASE PYCNOGONIDS. 5 records from SOVIET ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS for Zooplankton (R.V. OB March-May 1956, January-March 1957;R.V.ACADEMIC KURCHATOV, October 1971-January 1972; RV DMITRY MENDELEEV;R.V.ACADEMIC IOFFE 1992).. 45 records from Collection Bryozoa - ZMB. 173 records from Collection Crustacea - ZMB. 10 records from Collection Vermes - ZMB. 4 records from The Lichen Collection at the Botanische Staatssammlung München. 3303 records from British Antarctic Survey Argos satellite tracking data. 2 records from (Table T1) Lithology and palynomorphs of neogene sediments of ODP Hole 178-1096B. 2 records from (Table 2.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core IO-5. 52 records from Squid collection from 1995/96 V4 BROKE. 23 records from (Table 4) Relative abundance of the major nannofossil groups in the Lower Cretaceous of ODP Hole 113-693A. 10 records from (Table 2.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core IO-10. 2 records from (Table 2.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core IO-6. 1812 records from Natural History Museum (London) Collection Specimens. 465 records from Phytoplankton samples - 2005/06 V3 BROKE-West. 3 records from Plathelminthes - SMF. 250 records from Nekton and plankton counts from RMT (320 µm) hauls of cruise GAE 1975/76. 7985 records from SOMBASE. 54206 records from Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean. 2 records from Departamento de Biolog. Veg. II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid: MAF-Lich. 60 records from Southampton Oceanography Center Discovery Collections Midwater Database. 675 records from Hexacoral Database. 41 records from iziko South African Museum - Marine Mammal Collection (AfrOBIS). 6 records from Michigan State University Herbarium Lichens. 16 records from Arizona State University Lichen Collection. 1 records from Western Palearctic migratory birds in continental Africa. 1 records from Botanical Museum, Copenhagen. Database of type specimens. 1480 records from Ant'Phipoda Database (New records). 12 records from Missouri Botanical Garden. 9 records from (Table 2.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core IO-7. 13 records from (Table 2.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core IO-9. 26 records from (Table 2.2.2.1) Integrated abundance of sympagic meiofauna in sea-ice cores of Aurora Australis cruise SIPEX. 2 records from Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM. 3 records from (Table T1) Lithology and palynomorphs of neogene sediments of ODP Hole 178-1096C. 15 records from (Table T1) Lithology and palynomorphs of neogene sediments of ODP Hole 178-1095B. 415 records from (Table 1) Distribution of Lower Cretaceous calcareous nannofossils in ODP Hole 113-692B. 113 records from Survey of benthic and other marine invertebrates of Prydz Bay, 1990/91 Voyage 6. 93 records from Table II: Birds observed at the Weddell Sea during the period: 22 December 1959 to 14 January 1960. 1 records from (Table 1.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core PS69/567-1. 1 records from (Table 1.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core PS69/574-1. 17 records from (Table 2.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core IO-13. 18 records from (Table 1.2.2.1) Integrated abundance of sympagic meiofauna in sea-ice cores of Polarstern cruise ANT-XXIII/7. 21 records from Natural History Museum Rotterdam (NL) - Mollusca collection. 206 records from (Table 2) Distribution of Lower Cretaceous calcareous nannofossils in ODP Hole 113-693A. 10 records from (Table 2.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core IO-14. 1 records from (Table 1.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core PS69/554-2. 1 records from (Table 1.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core PS69/565-1. 957 records from SOUTHERN OCEAN ISOPODA. 20 records from Distribution of planktonic foraminifera and other biogenic components in ODP Hole 113-693A (Figure 2). 26 records from (Table 4) Mean values of the chemical data from the ash layers from ODP Legs 113 and 114. 167 records from Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean Cetacean Program - BROKE-West. 1 records from Karl Franzens University of Graz, Insitute for Botany - Herbarium GZU. 38 records from (Table 1) Chiasmolithus species and intermediate forms of ODP Holes 105-647A and 120-748B. 111 records from Nekton and plankton counts from neuston net (300 µm) hauls of cruise GAE 1975/76. 3 records from Collection Anatomie Histologie - SMF. 5 records from Parasitic Platyhelminthes Collections. 25103 records from ANTARCTIC PLANT DATABASE. 13 records from CBS fungi strains. 8 records from (Table 2.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core IO-3. 13 records from (Table 2.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core IO-11. 15 records from (Table 2.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core IO-2. 69 records from SysTax - Zoological Collections. 343 records from (Table 7) Distribution of dead benthic foraminifera in deep-sea surface sediments of the Scotia Sea, part 1. 1 records from Chaetognatha - SMF. 432 records from (Table 3) Occurrence of dinocyst species in ODP Hole 113-692B. 4 records from (Table 1.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core PS69/549-2. 116 records from Table I: Birds observed at the Weddell Sea during the period: 6 December 1955 to 19 January 1956. 12 records from (Table 2.2.1.1) Abundance of sympagic meiofauna of sea-ice core IO-1. 114 records from Southern Ocean Cnidarian Collections. 7207 records from Southern Ocean octopus. 468 records from (Table 3) Occurrence of dinoflagellate cyst species in ODP Hole 113-696B. 297 records from Macaulay Library Audio and Video Collection. 2 records from UAM Entomology Collection (Arctos). 933 records from RBINS collections. 9 records from Nekton and plankton counts from bongo net (300, 500 µm) hauls of cruise GAE 1975/76. 47 records from Distribution of calcareous nannofossils in the lower sequence of the CIROS-1 sediment core (Table 2). 2 records from DSMZ Collection of Filamentous Fungi and Yeasts. 219 records from Herbarium Senckenbergianum (FR) - Fungi. 1 records from Edaphobase. 28 records from Australian National Herbarium (CANB). 20992 records from Weddell Seal Sightings, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica. 5540 records from Australian Antarctic Division Herbarium. 151206 records from ARGOS Satellite Tracking of animals. 897 records from Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean cetacean program. 8508 records from APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980's. 115 records from UWBM Ornithology Collection. 9 records from UWFC Ichthyology Collection. 35 records from Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Musci. 2 records from Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database. 9801 records from SEAMAP - marine mammals, birds and turtles. 16 records from AIMS - Bioresources Library (OBIS Australia). 2 records from iziko South African Museum - Shark Collection (AfrOBIS). 14139 records from MICROBIS database. 6097 records from Paleobiology Database. 3 records from SDNHM Birds Collection. 227 records from Invertebrate Paleontology Division, Yale Peabody Museum. 51 records from Algaterra Types. 2 records from USU-UTC Specimen Database. 113 records from Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank. 8 records from invertebratezoology. 2692 records from South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data All Sea Bio Subset (South Western P acific OBIS). 2160 records from Inventory of Antarctic seabird breeding sites. 1079 records from Electron Micrograph Database - Marine Specimens. 59 records from Harvard University Herbaria. 2098 records from RMT Trawl catch from the 1980/81 V5 FIBEX voyage. 2734 records from RMT Trawl catch from the 1995/96 V4 BROKE voyage. 2937 records from Whale catches in the Southern Ocean. 7383 records from Southern Ocean Continuous Zooplankton Recorder (SO-CPR) Survey. 7453 records from NODC WOD01 Plankton Database. 7 records from Natural Geography In Shore Areas (NaGISA) Dataset. 342 records from Generic Taxonomic Database System on Mysida and Nematoda. 353 records from South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS). 126 records from iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS). 8 records from Cetacean distribution in the South Atlantic and South Pacific Ocean (AR-OBIS) (OBIS South America, SOUTHERN OCEAN SUB-NODE). 3 records from Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Lichen Herbarium. 34 records from MEXU/Colección de Briofitas. 83 records from NSW herbarium collection. 8 records from Mammal specimens. 14 records from Vertebrate Zoology Division - Ornithology, Yale Peabody Museum. 1797 records from Invertebrate Zoology Division, Yale Peabody Museum. 5 records from TTU Mammals Collection. 2 records from The Collection of Lichenicolous Fungi at the Botanische Staatssammlung München. 35876 records from Pelagic Fish Observations 1968-1999. 1140 records from South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data Bio Ross Subset (South Western Pac ific OBIS). 287 records from Electron Micrograph Database - Terrestrial and Limnetic Specimens. 359 records from Marine fauna survey of the Vestfold Hills and Rauer Island, 1981-82. 8 records from MAL. 603 records from Diatoms from the Vestfold Hills Lakes. 33 records from Relative abundances of planktonic foraminifera from surface sediments of the Drake Passage, Southern Ocean (Table 1). 57 records from Relative abundance of recycled Pliocene foraminifera of sediment core CRP-1 (App. 1). 13 records from Antarctic Krill occurrence data from Japanese expeditions. 109 records from Lichen Herbarium Berlin. 9 records from Fish Collection of Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba. 23 records from DSMZ Prokarya Collection Catalogue. 534 records from RMT Trawl catch from 1985/86 V1 ADBEX III voyage. 14433 records from Pelagic Fish Observations 1968-1999 (Australian Antarctic Data Centre). 161 records from Marine fauna survey of the Vestfold Hills and Rauer Island, 1981-82 (Australian Antarctic Data Centre). 981 records from RMT Trawl catch from 1985/86 V1 ADBEX III voyage (Australian Antarctic Data Centre). 3966 records from RMT Trawl catch from the 1980/81 V5 FIBEX voyage (Australian Antarctic Data Centre). 1883 records from AAD Benthic Sampling Database. 10 records from Composition of planktonic foraminifera species in 1123 surface sediment samples compared with sea surface temperatures from the Levitus Atlas. 497 records from Relative abundance of Quaternary foraminifera of sediment core CRP-1 (App. 1). 3 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1010-1. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1014-1. 3 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1215-2. 7 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1219-1. 7 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1222-1. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1216-1. 1079 records from Electron Micrograph Database (Australian Antarctic Data Centre). 9 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1013-1. 9 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1217-1. 3 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1403-1. 9 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1013-1. 3 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1014-1. 3 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1215-2. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1222-1. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1422-1. 3 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1220-3. 7 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1402-2. 443 records from RMT Trawl catch from the 2005/06 V3 BROKE-West voyage - Fish. 60890 records from CCAMLR historic KRILL. 244 records from Antarctic Krill occurrence data from Discovery expeditions. 3127 records from Antarctic Euphausiacea occurence data from "German Antarctic Marine Living Resources" (GAMLR) Expeditions. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1012-1. 2 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1016-1. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1216-1. 7 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1220-3. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1400-4. 3 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1401-2. 7 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1402-2. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1422-1. 3 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1010-1. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1012-1. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1016-1. 9 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1217-1. 7 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1219-1. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1400-4. 3 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1401-2. 7 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1402-2. 3 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1403-1. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1012-1. 9 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1013-1. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1014-1. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1016-1. 9 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1217-1. 7 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1219-1. 7 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1222-1. 7 records from Analyses of the recent components in the sand fraction of sediment core PS1220-3. 3 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1010-1. 3 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1215-2. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1216-1. 3 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1403-1. 408 records from Moss sampling in the Windmill Islands and the Vestfold Hills. 363 records from ANTXXIII-8 Birds and Mammals. 25 records from Antarctic Krill occurrence data from Spanish RV "Fruela". 44 records from Antarctic Euphausiacea occurrence data from ITALICA 2000 Expedition. 66 records from Antarctic Euphausiacea occurence data from Polish FIBEX expeditions. 1033 records from Collections data on ecology of bottom animal of the Southern ocean. 281 records from Bacteria and chlorophyll-a water column observations (surface to ~150m), April-August 2001, Continental Margin Western Antarctic Peninsula, GLOBEC. 98 records from Distribution of palynomorphs in Miocene sediments of ODP Site 188-1165 in the Prydz Bay, East Antarctica (Table 1). 1 records from Range table from planktonic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1095D. 28 records from Range table from planktonic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1096B. 1 records from Range table from planktonic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1102C. 5 records from Range table from planktonic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1103A. 3 records from Range table from benthic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1096A. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1400-4. 3 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1401-2. 5 records from Analyses of the recent components of sediment core PS1422-1. 1326 records from Antarctic Echinoids: an interactive database. 81 records from Antarctic Krill occurrence data from BAS expeditions. 15 records from Antarctic Euphausiacea occurence data from Norwegian Antarctic Research Expedition 1976-77. 199 records from Antarctic Krill occurrence data from Australian expeditions. 482 records from Antarctic Krill occurrence data from Ukraine YUGNIRO Institute. 6782 records from Zooplankton Abundance Based on Taxa and Life Stages or Size. 1150 records from Macrozooplankton concentrations estimated from MOCNESS tow samples, Continental Margin Western Antarctic Peninsula, GLOBEC. 2169 records from Invertebrates compiled by W.Block. 856 records from (Table 1) Relative abundances of planktic foraminifera across the K/T transition in ODP Hole 119-738C on the Kerguelen Plateau, Indian Ocean. 29520 records from (Table T2) Foraminifer distribution in ODP Site 188-1165 sediments. 1 records from Planktic foraminifera abundance of Hole 28-274. 18918 records from (Table 1) Distribution of benthic and planktonic foraminifers at DSDP Hole 28-270. 18 records from University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC) - Algae Collection. 11 records from Range table from planktonic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1096C. 4 records from Range table from planktonic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1099A. 4 records from Range table from planktonic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1100D. 43 records from Range table from benthic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1097A. 41 records from Antarctic Euphausiacea occurrence data from Norwegian Antarctic Research Expedition 1979. 1258 records from Antarctic Krill occurrence data from US AMLR "US Antarctic Marine Living Resources" Program. 3039 records from Antarctic Amphipod Crustaceans: Ant'Phipoda Database (BIANZO). 6014 records from globec/soglobec/process/krill. 253 records from Nemertina World Checklist. 40285 records from Tagged Seal Location Data from SOGLOBEC. 3974 records from Zooplankton abundance and population structures assessed during April-September of 2001-2, Southern Ocean, GLOBEC. 1356 records from (Table 1) Relative abundance of planktic foraminifera in Paleocene to Eocene sediments of ODP Hole 119-738C from the southern Kerguelen Plateau, Indian Ocean. 69 records from Relative abundance of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments. 2182 records from Occurrence of 13 crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga) from ARGOS satellite track observations during campaign DRE1998. 1 records from KUBI Ichthyology Collection. 48 records from Benthic foraminifera and algae abundance of Hole 35-325. 2 records from Range table from planktonic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1095A. 5 records from Range table from planktonic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1095B. 12 records from Range table from planktonic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1096A. 1 records from Range table from planktonic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1100C. 14 records from Range table from planktonic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1101A. 247 records from Occurence of foraminifera and other microfossils in sediment core CRP-2/2A (Table 1). 3 records from Range table from benthic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1095A. 14 records from Range table from benthic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1096C. 9 records from Range table from benthic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1103A. 290 records from (Table 1) Distribution and numerical abundance of foraminifera of sediment core CRP-3. 6 records from Range table from benthic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1095B. 14 records from Range table from benthic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1101A. 91 records from Range table from benthic foraminifers in ODP Hole 188-1165B. 8 records from Range table from benthic foraminifers in ODP Hole 188-1165C. 39 records from Dinoflagellate abundance of Hole 28-270. 88 records from Dinoflagellate abundance of Hole 28-274. 1024 records from Benthic foraminiferal assemblages (living), surface data. 1257 records from Dead benthic foraminifera in South Atlantic surface sediments. 11 records from Oberservation of birds at station PS14/145 along 49° West. 10 records from Oberservation of birds at station PS14/149 along 49° West. 11 records from Observation of birds at station PS14/156 along 49° West. 1 records from SCID Database. 16 records from Biopearl expedition: SeaStars (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). 293 records from EPOS3: SeaStars (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). 630 records from Walter Herwig 1978 (FFS): SeaStars (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). 581 records from Senckenberg - CeDAMar Resource. 60890 records from Long-term decline in krill stock and increase in salps within the Southern Ocean (SCAR-MarBIN: Antarctic OBIS). 3 records from Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Algae. 1131 records from COMARGIS: Information System on Continental Margin Ecosystems. 11 records from Bunger Hills, 1999/2000 survey - nest sites of snow petrels Pagodroma nivea. 175 records from Collection Cnidaria SMF. 2485 records from Collection Bryozoa SMF. 29 records from Hydroids of the BANZARE Antarctic expeditions 1929 - 1931. 279 records from Type Localities for organisms and fossils first described from Antarctica. 20 records from Range table from benthic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1099A. 26 records from Range table from benthic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1099B. 2 records from Range table from benthic foraminifers in ODP Hole 178-1100D. 1 records from Range table from benthic foraminifers in ODP Hole 188-1165A. 565 records from Marine palynomorph abundance estimates of sediment core CRP-2A (Fig. 2). 12 records from Diversity of total live benthic foraminiferal assemblages in South Atlantic surface sediments. 2306 records from (Table T4, T5, T6, T7) Percentage of agglutinated and calcareous benthic foraminiferal species in ODP Hole 178-1098C. 6 records from Oberservation of birds at station PS14/146 along 49° West. 7 records from Oberservation of birds at station PS14/148 along 49° West. 6 records from Observation of birds at station PS14/152 along 49° West. 129 records from Squid specimens from the 1991/92 V6 AAMBER2 voyage. 363 records from ANTXXIII-8 Birds and Mammals (SCAR-MarBIN: Antarctic OBIS). 1326 records from Biodiversity of Antarctic Zoobenthos (SCAR-MarBIN: Antarctic OBIS). 2 records from Botany Division, Yale Peabody Museum. 122 records from Whale Observations from the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) voyages 1929-30 and 1930-31. 9153 records from BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DATA. 218 records from Collection Polychaeta SMF. 26 records from Collection Aves (spirit preserved) SMF. 2 records from SINGER Coordinator. 8 records from Occurence of marine palynomorphs of sediment core CRP-1 (Table 1). 1020 records from Circumpolar dataset of sequenced specimens of Promachocrinus kerguelensis (Echinodermata, Crinoidea). 2443 records from Distribution of benthic foraminifera of sediment core PS1388-3. 871 records from Benthic foraminiferal assemblages (dead), surface data. 52 records from Diversity of live benthic foraminiferal assemblages in South Atlantic surface sediments. 56 records from Diversity of dead benthic foraminiferal assemblages in South Atlantic surface sediments. 6 records from Observation of birds at station PS14/151 along 49° West. 3 records from Observation of birds at station PS14/153 along 49° West. 10 records from Oberservation of birds at station PS14/157 along 49° West. 12 records from Oberservation of birds at station PS14/158 along 49° West. 46 records from ANDEEP3: SeaStars (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). 9350 records from ABBBS Bird Banding records from the Australian Antarctic Territory and Heard Island.. 439 records from Antarctic and Subantarctic Asteroid zoogeography (SCAR-MarBIN: Antarctic OBIS). 794 records from Vertebrate Zoology Division - Ichthyology, Yale Peabody Museum. 5056 records from Nest census, Windmill Islands 2002/03. 126 records from Whale log - observations from ANARE voyages. 16 records from Collection Arachnology SMF. 226 records from Collection Porifera SMF. 165 records from Collection Mollusca SMF. 26 records from Collection Aves (bird skins) SMF. 35 records from Collection Crustacea SMF. 4 records from Collection Tardigrada SMF. 5588 records from Snow Petrel nest census, Mawson region 2004/05. 839 records from Diatom and foraminiferal samples from surficial sediments of Prydz Bay, Antarctica. 636 records from Ohio State Acarology Laboratory (OSAL), Ohio State University. 69 records from Distribution of Miocene benthic foraminifera of sediment core CRP-1 (Fig. 1). 223 records from MNA (Section of Genoa) and NIWA Invertebrate Collection - Ross Sea Tanaidacea. 64 records from Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM. 22 records from CM Birds Collection. 25 records from Lund Botanical Museum (LD). 121 records from Southern Giant Petrel census data within the Australian Antarctic Territory.. 8 records from AMNH Bird Collection. 1 records from AMNH Mammal Collections. 98 records from Distribution of foraminifera, pre-Pliocene foraminifera and macrofossil debris in sediment core CRP-2 (Table 1). 796 records from (Data S1) Palynology of IODP Hole 318-U1356A. 191 records from SAFRING. 11 records from (Table T6) Relative abundance of Cretaceous plant microfossil taxa of ODP Site 188-1166. 2 records from Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Birds. 27 records from Botany (UPS). 31 records from Colección de peces marinos del mar argentino y aguas adyacentes del INIDEP. 3 records from (Table 1) Trawled distance, Isopoda per 1000 m haul length, expected number of species, evenness, and the Shannon-Wiener index during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XIX/4 (ANDEEP II). 11591 records from (Table T6) Foraminifer distribution in ODP Hole 188-1167A sediments. 822 records from Crustaceans collection (IU) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 3085 records from Neptune Deep-Sea Microfossil Occurrence Database. 91 records from Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (NL) - Porifera. 72 records from Lichen herbarium, UiB. 13 records from (Table 1) Trawled distance, Isopoda per 1000 m haul length, expected number of species, evenness, and the Shannon-Wiener index during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXII/3 (ANDEEP III). 10 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Fish Collection. 19 records from Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections - TCWC Vertebrates. 1 records from Birds collection (ZO) of the Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 23 records from UMMZ Birds Collection. 28 records from NRM-Fishes. 372 records from (Table 12) Distribution of benthic foraminifera in bottom sediments of the Lazarev Sea. 27 records from New Zealand National Plant Herbarium (CHR). 14 records from (Table 2) Benthic isopod species of the Ross Sea, their bathymetry and distribution in the Southern Ocean. 40 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Botany Utrecht. 1772 records from Fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 2 records from Fungi (S). 358 records from Apectodinium, age and percentage of endemic and bipolar dinoflagellate cysts of IODP Hole 318-U1356A. 82788 records from Geographically tagged INSDC sequences. 53 records from Geographic distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments. 3540 records from Echinoderm collection (IE) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 3 records from Vascular plants collection (P) of the Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 3 records from Oregon State Ichthyology Collection. 10 records from Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 1 records from DMNH Birds. 754 records from Australian Museum provider for OZCAM. 84 records from (Table T4) Abundance of foraminifers and presence of other fragments in ODP Hole 188-1166A sediments. 342 records from Colección de referencia de otolitos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar-CSIC. 1 records from NCSM Mammals Collection. 2 records from Moss herbarium, UiB. 1390 records from (Appendix 1) Calcareous nannofossils in ODP Hole 119-738B. 56 records from Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen - International Barcode of Life (iBOL) - Barcode of Life Project Specimen Data. 90 records from South Australian Museum Australia provider for OZCAM. 4 records from Cryptogamy collection (PC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN - Paris).