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Percent-cover estimates from forward facing still-images collected during the benthic trawls of the 2007/08 CEAMARC voyage (raw data-set here: https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/CEAMARC_CASO_200708_V3_IMAGES). All fauna in the bottom third of each image was scored to the lowest taxonomic resolution possible. The images originate from 32 transects, but were split by their lon-lat-position within a spatial grid of environmental variables into 41 sites. This dataset contains: (1) - species/ morphotypes identified to the highest taxonomic resolution possible - broader taxonomic classification (phylum/class) - each species mobility, feeding-type and body-shape if possible - average abundances in percent-cover at each site (2) - the mean longitude of all images aggregated per site - the mean latitude of all images aggregated per site - the number of images scored per siteLineage
Progress Code: completedNotes
PurposeThe analysis of this dataset forms part of the journal article Jansen et al. (2018) “Taxonomic resolution, functional traits, and the influence of species groupings on mapping Antarctic seafloor biodiversity” (Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, in review).
Data time period: 2007-12-22 to 2008-01-19
text: westlimit=136.62598; southlimit=-67.3737; eastlimit=147.17285; northlimit=-64.88627
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- global : AAS_4124_CEAMARC200708_BenthicStills_InvertebrateAbundances