The macro- and megabenthic fauna on the continental shelf of the eastern Amundsen Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Continental Shelf Research
• Main Authors: Linse, Katrin, Griffiths, Huw J, Barnes, Dave KA, Brandt, Angelika, Davey, Niki, David, Bruno, De Grave, Sammy, d'Udekem d'Acoz, Cédric, Eléaume, Marc, Glover, Adrian G., Hemery, Lenaïg G., Mah, Christopher, Martín-Ledo, Rafael, Munilla, Tomás, O'Loughlin, Mark, Pierrat, Benjamin, Saucède, Thomas, Sands, Chester J, Strugnell, Jan M, Enderlein, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; Weddell; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pine Island
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503161/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503161/1/1-s2.0-S027843431300280X-main.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.08.012

In 2008 the BIOPEARL II expedition on board of RRS James Clark Ross sailed to the eastern Amundsen Sea Embayment and Pine Island Bay, one of the least studied Antarctic continental shelf regions due to its remoteness and ice cover. A total of 37 Agassiz trawls were deployed at depth transects along...