Macro-epibenthic communities, bathymetry and enviromental information at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula ...

• Main Authors: Gutt, Julian, Alvaro, Maria Chiara, Barco, Andrea, Böhmer, Astrid, Bracher, Astrid, David, Bruno, De Ridder, Chantal, Dorschel, Boris, Eléaume, Marc, Janussen, Dorte, Kersken, Daniel, López-González, Pablo José, Martínez-Baraldés, Irene, Schröder, Michael, Segelken-Voigt, Alexandra, Teixidó, Núria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bransfield Strait; Drake Passage; South Shetland Islands; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.847998; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.847998

The Southern Ocean ecosystem at the Antarctic Peninsula has steep natural environmental gradients, e.g. in terms of water masses and ice cover, and experiences regional above global average climate change. An ecological macroepibenthic survey was conducted in three ecoregions in the north-western Weddell Sea, on the continental shelf of the Antarctic Peninsula in the Bransfield Strait and on the shelf of the South Shetland Islands in the Drake Passage, defined by their environmental envelop. The aim was to improve the so far poor knowledge of the structure of this component of the Southern Ocean ecosystem and its ecological driving forces. It can also provide a baseline to assess the impact of ongoing climate change to the benthic diversity, functioning and ecosystem services. Different intermediate-scaled topographic features such as canyon systems including the corresponding topographically defined habitats 'bank', 'upper slope', 'slope' and 'canyon/deep' were sampled. In addition, the physical and ... : Supplement to: Gutt, Julian; Alvaro, Maria Chiara; Barco, Andrea; Böhmer, Astrid; Bracher, Astrid; David, Bruno; De Ridder, Chantal; Dorschel, Boris; Eléaume, Marc; Janussen, Dorte; Kersken, Daniel; López-González, Pablo José; Martínez-Baraldés, Irene; Schröder, Michael; Segelken-Voigt, Alexandra; Teixidó, Núria (2016): Macroepibenthic communities at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, an ecological survey at different spatial scales. Polar Biology, 39(5), 829-849 ...