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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_993606</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>Semi-quantitative benthic taxon records from Agassiz trawl samples collected in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) during RV Polarstern cruise PS152 (WOBEC), 2025/2026</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Teschke, Katharina; Rossi, Sergio; Barnes, David K A; Feij, Bram; Freer, Jennifer; Gottschalk, Milena; Held, Christoph; Kühn, Susanne; Leeger, Rose; Meiburg, Jonathan; Niiranen, Susa; Seifert, Miriam; Mark, Felix Christopher</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Semi-quantitative benthic taxon records from Agassiz trawl samples collected in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) during RV Polarstern cruise PS152 (WOBEC), 2025/2026</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2026-04-24</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993606</Online_Resource>
</Data_Set_Citation>
<Personnel>
<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Katharina</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Teschke</Last_Name>
<Email>Katharina.Teschke@awi.de</Email>
</Personnel>
<Discipline>
<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
</Discipline>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Event label</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Optional event label</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Campaign of event</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Method/Device of event</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DATE/TIME</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Date/time start</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>LATITUDE</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Latitude 2</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>LONGITUDE</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Longitude 2</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>ELEVATION</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Elevation 2</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Hexactinellida</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Demospongiae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Hydrozoa</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Scyphozoa</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Zoantharia</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Stylasteridae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Actiniaria</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gorgonacea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pennatulacea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Alcyonacea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Scleractinia</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Stolonifera</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nematoda</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Platyhelminthes</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nemertea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Turbellaria</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Bivalvia</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Aplacophora</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Prosobranchia</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Opisthobranchia</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Polyplacophora</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cephalopoda</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Scaphopoda</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sedentaria</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Errantia</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Priapulida</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sipuncula</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Echiurida</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Entoprocta</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cirripedia</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Leptostraca</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Amphipoda</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Isopoda</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Tanaidacea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cumacea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Ostracoda</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Mysida</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Decapoda</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Acari</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pycnogonida</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Bryozoa</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Brachiopoda</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Hemichordata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Ophiuroidea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Asteroidea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Echinoidea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Crinoidea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Holothuroidea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Ascidiacea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pisces</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>Agassiz Trawl</Keyword>
<Keyword>Benthos</Keyword>
<Keyword>Biodiversity</Keyword>
<Keyword>KN_09</Keyword>
<Keyword>KN_11</Keyword>
<Keyword>KN_13</Keyword>
<Keyword>PS152</Keyword>
<Keyword>PS152_27-8</Keyword>
<Keyword>PS152_28-8</Keyword>
<Keyword>PS152_31-5</Keyword>
<Keyword>PS152_44-1</Keyword>
<Keyword>Southern Ocean</Keyword>
<Keyword>Weddell Sea</Keyword>
<Keyword>WOBEC</Keyword>
<Source_Name>
<Long_Name>Polarstern</Long_Name>
</Source_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>2026-01-07</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>2026-01-16</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>-70.93623</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>-70.752956</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>-10.947193</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>-10.465837</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Altitude>-1070.1 m a.s.l. (ELEVATION)</Minimum_Altitude>
<Maximum_Altitude>-236.1 m a.s.l. (ELEVATION)</Maximum_Altitude>
</Spatial_Coverage>
<Access_Constraints>unrestricted</Access_Constraints>
<Use_Constraints>CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</Use_Constraints>
<Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
<Data_Center>
<Data_Center_Name>
<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
</Data_Center_Name>
<Data_Center_URL>https://www.pangaea.de/</Data_Center_URL>
<Personnel>
<Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Diepenbroek</Last_Name>
<Email>info@pangaea.de</Email>
<Contact_Address>
<Address>Leobener Str.</Address>
<City>Bremen</City>
<Province_or_State>Bremen</Province_or_State>
<Postal_Code>28359</Postal_Code>
<Country>Germany</Country>
</Contact_Address>
</Personnel>
</Data_Center>
<Distribution>
<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
<Distribution_Size>216 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
</Distribution>
<Summary>The 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). ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993606"!</Summary>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation</URL>
<Description>ELEVATION</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>LATITUDE</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>LONGITUDE</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601</URL>
<Description>DATE/TIME</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601</URL>
<Description>Date/time start</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=105</URL>
<Description>Bivalvia</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=1078</URL>
<Description>Ostracoda</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=1082</URL>
<Description>Cirripedia</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=1131</URL>
<Description>Isopoda</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=1135</URL>
<Description>Amphipoda</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=11676</URL>
<Description>Pisces</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=123080</URL>
<Description>Asteroidea</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=123082</URL>
<Description>Echinoidea</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=123083</URL>
<Description>Holothuroidea</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=123084</URL>
<Description>Ophiuroidea</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=1337</URL>
<Description>Hydrozoa</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=135220</URL>
<Description>Scyphozoa</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=1360</URL>
<Description>Actiniaria</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=146142</URL>
<Description>Bryozoa</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=152391</URL>
<Description>Nemertea</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=1839</URL>
<Description>Ascidiacea</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=292684</URL>
<Description>Acari</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=382226</URL>
<Description>Opisthobranchia</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=794</URL>
<Description>Turbellaria</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.17815/jlsrf-3-163</URL>
<Description>Polarstern</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychaete</URL>
<Description>Errantia</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychaete</URL>
<Description>Sedentaria</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyplacophora</URL>
<Description>Polyplacophora</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosobranchia</URL>
<Description>Prosobranchia</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
<Metadata_Version>9.4</Metadata_Version>
<DIF_Creation_Date>2026-04-24</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-04-29</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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