Dataset 150
Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED).
Realm: Marine
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate shelf and seas ecoregions Central latitude: -62.155019
Central longitude: -58.478947
Duration: 5 years, from 1979 to 1986
Sicinski, J. & Bamber, R. (2008) "Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Pycnogonida". Available at: http://www.scarmarbin.be, accessed 2012.
Sicinski, J. & Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, M. (2008) "Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Cumacea". Available at: site http://www.scarmarbin.be, accessed 2012.
Sicinski, J. & Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, M. (2008) "Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Tanaidacea". Available at: http://www.scarmarbin.be, accessed 2012.
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate shelf and seas ecoregions Central latitude: -62.155019
Central longitude: -58.478947
Duration: 5 years, from 1979 to 1986
428 records
44 distinct species
Across the time series Vaunthompsonia inermis is the most frequently occurring speciesMethods
Admiralty Bay has been intensively sampled from the inter-tidal to its deepest bottom areas (ca. 500 m). during the past 30years. A variety of sampling methods and gears. such as corers.grabs. trawls. baited traps and SCUBA diving. was used. dependingon the objectives of specific projects. Most quantitative samplingof macrofaunal species has been performed using Van Veen grabs(0.1 and 0.056m2). Bottom samples were then washed through44?62 and 300?500 mm mesh size sieves to separate meiofaunaand macrofauna.respectively.All organisms(e.g. meiofauna. macrofauna. megafauna. dia-toms and macroalgae) were initially fixed in 4?10% formalin andthen transferred to 70% ethanol for storage. Seafloor images weretaken mostly in Ezcurra and Martel Inlets using remote camerasand during SCUBA diving.3.1. General descriptionAdmiralty Bay has an area of ca. 122 km2. The bay is a largefjord of tectonic origin with a maximum depth of 535m. threemain inlets (Ezcurra. Mackellar and Martel) and a wide opening(8.25 km width) to the Bransfield Strait (Fig. 1) (Kruszewski.2002). The Admiralty Bay sea floor has a complex bottomtopography and geomorphology. The very diverse shoreline andseafloor as well as numerous glaciers. generating icebergs andoutflowing streams. provide a wide variety of habitats for benthicand pelagic communities. Glaciers and ice-falls constitute abouthalf of the 83.4km long shoreline of the bay. Unit of abundance = AggregatedPresence, Unit of biomass = NACitation(s)
Danis, B., Van de Putte, A., Youdjou, N. & Segers, H. (Editors) “The Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility”. Available at: http://www.biodiversity.aq, accessed 2013.Sicinski, J. & Bamber, R. (2008) "Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Pycnogonida". Available at: http://www.scarmarbin.be, accessed 2012.
Sicinski, J. & Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, M. (2008) "Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Cumacea". Available at: site http://www.scarmarbin.be, accessed 2012.
Sicinski, J. & Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, M. (2008) "Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Tanaidacea". Available at: http://www.scarmarbin.be, accessed 2012.
