Admirality Bay Benthos
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Overview:
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