Composition of benthic taxa collected during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXI/5 (BENDEX) at Bouvet Island and Spiess Seamound

• Main Authors: Arntz, Wolf E, Thatje, Sven, Linse, Katrin, Avila, Conxita, Ballesteros, Manuel, Barnes, David K A, Cope, Thérèse, Cristobo, Francisco J, De Broyer, Claude, Gutt, Julian, Isla, Enrique, López-González, Pablo José, Montiel, Américo, Munilla, Tomás, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A, Raupach, Michael R, Rauschert, Martin, Rodriguez, Estefania, Teixidó, Núria
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2005
• Subjects: AWI; EASIZ; Ecology of the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; SPP1158; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bouvet Island; Bouvetøya; Polar Biology; Sea ice; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.846868; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.846868

Bouvet (Bouvetøya) is a geologically young and very remote island just south of the Polar Front. Here we report samples taken during the RV "Polarstern" cruise ANTXXI/2 on 3 days in November 2003 and January 2004. This work was part of SCAR's EASIZ programme and intended, by providing...