Abundance and characteristics of Polychaeta taxa and associated sediment during POLARSTERN campaign ANT-XXII/3 (ANDEEP-IIII)

• Main Authors: Schüller, Myriam, Ebbe, Brigitte, Wägele, Johann-Wolfgang
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; SPP1158; Antarctic; Arctic; Austral; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.854983; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.854983

During the austral summer of 2005, the Weddell deep sea and adjacent basins were sampled in the course of the ANDEEP III project. In this study, 19 epibenthic-sledge stations are analyzed, with a focus on species diversity and distribution patterns of polychaetes. The polychaete fauna of the deep So...