Benthic seafloor images from Prince Gustav Channel and Duse Bay, Eastern Antarctic Peninsula, March 2018

• Main Authors: Linse, Katrin, Grant, Susie, Whittle, Rowan, Reid, William, McKenzie, Melanie, Federwisch, Luisa, Polfrey, Scott, Apeland, Bjorg
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation 2020
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS","COMMUNITY DYNAMICS","BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","OCEANS","MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING"; Antarctic; benthic biodiversity; faunal assemblage; habitat heterogeneity; vulnerable marine ecosystems; Antarctic Peninsula; Prince Gustav Channel; Duse; Duse Bay; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/48dcef16-6719-45e5-a335-3a97f099e451; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01405

In-situ underwater images were gathered during the expedition JR17003a of RRS James Clark Ross to the eastern Antarctic Peninsula in March 2018. The BAS' Shallow Underwater Camera System (SUCS) has been used to estimate faunal density, biomass and species abundance of the benthos and to provide...