Admirality Bay Benthos

A short-term time series of soft and hard bottom benthic organisms across the range of depths of Georges Bank. Data are available at OBIS. The OBIS compiled data includes species name, individual count, lat/lon, and some environmental correlates like depth and salinity. 

Dataset Location: OBIS Admirality Bay Cumacea; OBIS Admirality Bay Polychaeta; OBIS Admirality Bay Pycnogonida; OBIS Admirality Bay Tanaidacea

Direct Download: OBIS Admirality Bay Cumacea; OBIS Admirality Bay Polychaeta; OBIS Admirality Bay Pycnogonida; OBIS Admirality Bay Tanaidacea

Related Dataset: Admirality Bay Species List and Datasets; Species List

Site Location: Admiralty Bay (King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic).

Site(s) Georeferenced: Yes

Timespan: 1979 - 1986 (except Polychaeta, 1979-1980)

Sampling Frequency: infrequent

Data Collection Summary / Methods: census of marine life

Data collected:

OBIS data schema: species name, individual count, date, location, temperature, depth, salinity, nitrogen, oxygen, silicate.

Known Issues: The dataset is available in four subsets.

Best Practices: tips for separating the wheat from the chaff
 
Conditions for use: 'freely available' and 'open-access' as per OBIS: http://iobis.org/about/vision

Also, SCAR - MarBIN Data Use Policy

Citation/ Distributing Authors: Sicinski J., Blazewicz-Paszkowycz M. 2008. Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Cumacea. (http://www.scarmarbin.be)

Supplemental resources:

Sicinski et al 2011. Admirality Bay Benthic Diversity - A census of a complex polar ecosystem doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.09.005

Antarctica Biodiversity Information - http://data.biodiversity.aq/

Census of Antarctic Marine Life - http://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2009/australian-polar-research-at-clos...

Register of Antarctic Marine Species - http://www.marinespecies.org/rams/

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Marine Biodiversity Information Network - http://www.scarmarbin.be/index.php

Available via the EcoData Retriever: No