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, David K.A., 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
• Other Authors: British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Biocenter Grindel and Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, National Institute of Water and Atmosphere Research Nelson (NIWA), Biogéosciences UMR 6282 (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford, Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution-National Museum of Natural History, Area de Zoología, Universidad de Extremadura - University of Extremadura (UEX), Laboratorio de Zoologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Marine Biology Section, Museum Victoria Melbourne, Department of Genetics, La Trobe University Melbourne -La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Study funded by The Natural Environment Research Council.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Abundance; Megabenthos; Southern Ocean; Pine Island; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00867552; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.08.012

11 pages International audience 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 the continental and trough slopes. A total of 5469 specimens, belonging to 32 higher taxonomic groups and more than 270 species, were collected. Species richness per station varied from 1 to 55. The benthic assemblages were dominated by echinoderms and clearly different to those in the Ross, Scotia and Weddell seas. Here we present the macro- and megafaunal assemblage structure, its species richness and the presence of several undescribed species.