Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem detected via ROV at Cuverville Island, Western Antarctic Peninsula (Subarea 48.1)

Imagery to support a proposed VME based on high abundances of VME indicator taxa that fall within the range of previously registered VMEs. Video imagery was taken via ROV deployed by the dive team of M/Y Legend. Data on the relative percent cover of all VME indicator taxa was sourced and analyzed in the same manner as VMEs added to CCAMLR’s registry in 2018 (SC-CCAMLR-XXXVII), 2022 (SC-CCAMLR-41) and 2024 (SC-CCAMLR-43) using all data from WG-EMM-18/35, WG-EMM-22/34Rev1, WG-EMM-22/46Rev1, and WG-EMM-24/48Rev1 for a direct comparison. The present site clusters with previously registered VMEs. This dataset is published as open data with technical support provided by SCAR Antarctic Biodiversity Portal (biodiversity.aq) (BELSPO project RT/23/ADVANCE). Please follow the guidelines from the SCAR Data Policy (SCAR, 2023) when using the data. Please contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via data-biodiversity-aq@naturalsciences.be https://github.com/biodiversity-aq/data-publication/

Citation: Lockhart S, Plasman C (2025). Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem detected via ROV at Cuverville Island, Western Antarctic Peninsula (Subarea 48.1). Version 2.0. SCAR - AntOBIS. Samplingevent dataset. https://doi.org/10.48361/mpljcr

Published: June 20, 2025 at 14:10

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