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Bioregionalization of the George V Shelf, East Antarctica

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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The East Antarctic continental shelf has had very few studies examining the macrobenthos structure or relating biological communities to the abiotic environment. In this study, we apply a hierarchical method of benthic habitat mapping to Geomorphic Unit and Biotope levels at the local (10s of kilometers) scale across the George V Shelf between longitudes 1421E and 1461E. We conducted a multi-disciplinary analysis of seismic profiles, multibeam sonar, oceanographic data and the results of sediment sampling to define geomorphology, surficial sediment and near-seabed water mass boundaries.

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Title Bioregionalization of the George V Shelf, East Antarctica
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0e8f86fa-514a-498d-8ed0-2dafbbe23440
Contact Point
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Bioregionalization of the George V Shelf, East Antarctica". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/bioregionalization-of-the-george-v-shelf-east-antarctica