Sea-bed photographs (benthos) from the Weddell Sea along two ROV profiles during Polarstern cruise ANT-XIII/3

Young specimens of cf. Pagothenia borchgrevinki were observed for the first time to cling to the subsurface of the marginal ice shelf in Drescher Inlet, southeastern Weddell Sea. Along an approximately 40-m-long videotransect at 80 m water depth, the abundance was roughly estimated to be 7 individua...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gutt, Julian
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2002
Subjects:
ANT-XIII/3
Archive of Underwater Imaging
AUI
EASIZ
Ecology of the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone
Polarstern
PS39/019-2
PS39/019-3
PS39 EASIZ
Remote operated vehicle SPRINT 103
ROVS
Weddell Sea
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Weddell
Antarc*
Ice Shelf
Polar Biology
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.728241
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.728241
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Summary:Young specimens of cf. Pagothenia borchgrevinki were observed for the first time to cling to the subsurface of the marginal ice shelf in Drescher Inlet, southeastern Weddell Sea. Along an approximately 40-m-long videotransect at 80 m water depth, the abundance was roughly estimated to be 7 individuals per 10 m**2. This behaviour is interpreted to represent the most advanced adaptation to ice as a microhabitat for Antarctic fish.

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