In:
Earth System Science Data, Copernicus GmbH, Vol. 12, No. 2 ( 2020-05-04), p. 1003-1023
Abstract:
Abstract. The Southern Ocean may contribute a considerable amount to the
proposed global network of marine protected areas (MPAs) that should cover
about 10 % of the world's oceans in 2020. In the Antarctic, the Commission
for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is
responsible for this task, and currently Germany leads a corresponding
scientific evaluation of the wider Weddell Sea region. Compared to other
marine regions within the Southern Ocean, the Weddell Sea is exceptionally
well investigated. A tremendous amount of data and information has been
produced over the last 4 decades. Here, we give a systematic overview of
all data sources collected in the context of the Weddell Sea MPA planning
process. The compilation of data sources is comprised of data produced by
scientists and institutions from more than 20 countries that were either
available within our institutes, downloaded via data portals or transcribed
from the literature. It is the first compilation for this area that includes
abiotic data, such as bathymetry and sea ice, and ecological data from
zooplankton, zoobenthos, fish, birds and marine mammals. All data layer
products based on this huge compilation of environmental and ecological data
are available from the data publisher PANGAEA via the six persistent
identifiers at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899595 (Pehlke and Teschke,
2019), https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899667 (Teschke et al., 2019a),
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899645 (Teschke et al., 2019b),
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899591 (Teschke et al., 2019c),
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899520 (Pehlke et al., 2019a) and
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899619 (Pehlke et al., 2019b). This
compilation of data sources including the final data layer products will serve
future research and monitoring well beyond the current MPA development
process.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1866-3516
DOI:
10.5194/essd-12-1003-2020
DOI:
10.5194/essd-12-1003-2020-supplement
Language:
English
Publisher:
Copernicus GmbH
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2475469-9
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