Revision of Admirality Bay Benthos from Wed, 2015-03-04 10:47

A short-term time series of plankton at multiple depths for 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:

Data Collection Summary / Methods:

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