Abstract:
In-situ underwater images were gathered during the expedition JR17003a of RRS James Clark Ross to the eastern Antarctic Peninsula in March 2018.
The BAS' Shallow Underwater Camera System (SUCS) has been used to estimate faunal density, biomass and species abundance of the benthos and to provide an overview of the conditions of the underwater landscape.
Funding was provided by NERC urgency grant NE/R012296/1 'Benthic biodiversity under Antarctic ice-shelves - baseline assessment of the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf'.
Keywords:
Antarctic, benthic biodiversity, faunal assemblage, habitat heterogeneity, vulnerable marine ecosystems
| Creation Date: | 2020-10-13 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK PDC |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Katrin Linse |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Susie Grant |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Rowan Whittle |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Mr Scott Polfrey |
| Role(s) | Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Ms Bjorg Apeland |
| Role(s) | Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr William D K Reid |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Name | Ms Melanie McKenzie |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | Museums Victoria |
| Name | Ms Luisa Federwisch |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | Alfred Wegener Institute |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |