https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993606Teschke, KatharinaKatharinaTeschke0000-0001-9595-7443Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, BremerhavenHelmholtz Institute for Marine Functional Biodiversity, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, GermanyRossi, SergioSergioRossi0000-0003-4402-3418University of SalentoBarnes, David K ADavid K ABarnesBritish Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomFeij, BramBramFeijWageningen University & ResearchFreer, JenniferJenniferFreerBritish Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomGottschalk, MilenaMilenaGottschalkAlfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, BremerhavenHeld, ChristophChristophHeld0000-0001-8854-3234Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, BremerhavenKühn, SusanneSusanneKühnWageningen University & ResearchLeeger, RoseRoseLeegerUniversity of Colorado, BoulderMeiburg, JonathanJonathanMeiburgNiiranen, SusaSusaNiiranenStockholm Resilience CentreSeifert, MiriamMiriamSeifert0000-0002-2570-5475Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, BremerhavenMark, Felix ChristopherFelix ChristopherMark0000-0002-5586-6704Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, BremerhavenPANGAEA2026BenthosBiodiversitySouthern OceanWeddell SeaWOBECEvent labelOptional event labelCampaign of eventMethod/Device of eventDATE/TIMEDate/time startLATITUDELatitude 2LONGITUDELongitude 2ELEVATIONElevation 2HexactinellidaDemospongiaeHydrozoaScyphozoaZoanthariaStylasteridaeActiniariaGorgonaceaPennatulaceaAlcyonaceaScleractiniaStoloniferaNematodaPlatyhelminthesNemerteaTurbellariaBivalviaAplacophoraProsobranchiaOpisthobranchiaPolyplacophoraCephalopodaScaphopodaSedentariaErrantiaPriapulidaSipunculaEchiuridaEntoproctaCirripediaLeptostracaAmphipodaIsopodaTanaidaceaCumaceaOstracodaMysidaDecapodaAcariPycnogonidaBryozoaBrachiopodaHemichordataOphiuroideaAsteroideaEchinoideaCrinoideaHolothuroideaAscidiaceaPiscesAgassiz TrawlPS152Polarstern2026-01-07T21:57:00/2026-01-16T19:33:00Dataset216 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalThe dataset comprises 200 semi-quantitative records for 50 benthic invertebrate taxa and fish derived from four Agassiz trawl samples. The semi-quantitative data represent four categories of taxon occurrence frequency: 0 = absent, 1 = rare, 2 = common, and 3 = very common. Samples were collected on the continental shelf and slope near Kapp Norvegia (eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica) at water depths ranging from 224 to 1,065 m during RV Polarstern cruise PS152 (WOBEC) in 2025/2026.
Weddell Sea Observatory of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Change (WOBEC) is funded under the European Union's flagship programme BiodivMon, coordinated within Biodiversa+, the European Biodiversity Partnership (grant no. Biodiversa2022-341).-10.947193-10.465837-70.93623-70.752956Horizon Europehttps://doi.org/10.13039/100018693101052342The European Biodiversity Partnership (Biodiversa-plus)