Pan-Atlantic comparison of deep-water macrobenthos diversity collected by epibenthic sledge sampling and analysis of patterns and environmental drivers. ...

• Main Authors: Kuerzel, Karotta, Linse, Katrin, Brandt, Angelika, Brenke, Nils, Enderlein, Peter, Griffiths, Huw, Kaiser, Stefanie, Svavarsson, Jörundur, Loerz, Anne-Nina, Frutos, Inmaculada, Taylor, James, Brix, Saskia
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre 2023
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOSYSTEMS","MARINE ECOSYSTEMS","BENTHIC HABITAT"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS","COMMUNITY DYNAMICS","BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS"; deep sea; Southern ocean; benthic biodiversity; environmental biogeography; macrobenthos; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/58080f33-884c-4e13-a419-c00cf1bab6a6; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01719

Epibenthic samples were collected during the following research expeditions: ANDEEP-SYSTCO II, BIOPEARL I, DIVA1-3, IceAGE1-3&RR, IceDIVA1,2, JR275 and Vema-TRANSIT (Brandt & Wuerzberg 2014, Linse 2006, DIVA cruise reports, Brix et al. 2014, Devey & Brix 2017 cruise report, Brix & Taylor 2022, 2023, Griffiths 2012, Rhiel et al. 2018). While EBS diversity data at high taxon level were published for ANDEEP_SYSTCO II, DIVA1-3 and Vema-TRANSIT (Brandt et al 2014, Kaiser et al. in review, Brandt et al 2018), unpublished diversity data for BIOPEARL I, IceAGE1-3&RR, IceDIVA1, 2 and JR275 came from sample databases at DZMB Senckenberg and British Antarctic Survey, and are published here for the first time. During all 13 expeditions EBS with an epibenthic and a suprabenthic netsampler following the sampler sizes and height defined by Brandt and Barthel (1995) and Brenke (2005) were used, enabling comparability of samples. This type of EBS was a suitable device for sampling small benthic fauna on ... : Comparable deep-water benthos datasets collected by epibenthic sledges (EBS) with an epibenthic and a suprabenthic netsampler in the Atlantic Ocean have been gathered since 2006. They were collected during the international research expeditions: ANDEEP-SYSTCO II, BIOPEARL I, DIVA1-3, IceAGE1-3RR, IceDIVA1,2, JR275 and Vema-TRANSIT. While EBS diversity data at high taxon level were published for ANDEEP_SYSTCO II, DIVA1-3 and Vema-TRANSIT, unpublished diversity data for BIOPEARL I, IceAGE1-3RR, IceDIVA1, 2 and JR275 came from sample databases at DZMB Senckenberg and British Antarctic Survey, and are published here for the first time. In total, diversity data for 143 EBS deployments from 13 expeditions were available for analyses based on identification on 50 taxon levels, including phyla, subphyla, classes and orders. During all 13 expeditions EBS with an epibenthic and a suprabenthic netsampler following sampler sizes and height , enabling comparability of samples. This type of EBS was a suitable device for ...