(Tables 1+4) Sample site substratum and morphometrics and damage levels of different populations of Laternula elliptica around Antarctica ...

• Main Authors: Harper, Elizabeth M, Clark, Melody S, Hoffman, Joseph I, Philipp, Eva E R, Peck, Loyd S, Morley, Simon A
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2012
• Subjects: Event label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Area/locality; Sample amount; Laternula elliptica, length of valve; Shell thickness; Percentage; Laternula elliptica, age; Number of observations; Substratum; Reference/source; Biological sample; Research station; Multiple investigations; Jubany_Dallmann; Carlini/Jubany Station; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Iceberg*; McMurdo Sound; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.848057; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.848057

We document differences in shell damage and shell thickness in a bivalve mollusc (Laternula elliptica) from seven sites around Antarctica with differing exposures to ice movement. These range from 60% of the sea bed impacted by ice per year (Hangar Cove, Antarctic Peninsula) to those protected by vi...