A group of emperor penguins on the ice in the sunset

A group of emperor penguins on the ice in the sunset. © Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Stefan Hendricks

PANGAEA

All data layer products with a metadata description that we developed based on all raw data sets of environmental and ecological parameters collected by the end of 2016 and further processed in the WSMPA planning process are freely available from the data publisher PANGAEA. All raw data and the methods used to process and analyse these data and to develop each data layer are described in Teschke et al. (2020). 

Here a selection of PANGEA entries with respect to WSMPA data:

Pelagic regionalisation approach in the wider Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with link to ArcGIS map package

Pehlke, H. and Teschke, K. (2019): Pelagic regionalisation approach in the wider Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with link to ArcGIS map package

Spatial distribution of a flying seabird (Antarctic petrel) and penguins (Adélie penguin, emperor penguin) in the wider Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with links to ArcGIS map packages

Pehlke, H., Brey, T. and Teschke, K. (2019): Spatial distribution of a flying seabird (Antarctic petrel) and penguins (Adélie penguin, emperor penguin) in the wider Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with links to ArcGIS map packages

Spatial distribution of seals in the wider Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with links to ArcGIS map packages

Pehlke, H., Brey, T. and Teschke, K. (2019): Spatial distribution of seals in the wider Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with links to ArcGIS map packages, PANGAEA

Spatial distribution of zooplankton (Antarctic krill, ice krill) in the wider Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with links to ArcGIS map packages

Teschke, K., Pehlke, H. and Brey, T. (2019): Spatial distribution of zooplankton (Antarctic krill, ice krill) in the wider Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with links to ArcGIS map packages

Spatial distribution of zoobenthos (sponges, echinoderms) in the wider Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with links to ArcGIS map packages

Teschke, K., Pehlke, H. and Brey, T. (2019): Spatial distribution of zoobenthos (sponges, echinoderms) in the wider Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with links to ArcGIS map packages

Spatial distribution of demersal and pelagic fishes in the wider Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with links to ArcGIS map packages

Teschke, K., Pehlke, H. and Brey, T. (2019): Spatial distribution of demersal and pelagic fishes in the wider Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with links to ArcGIS map packages

The following historical benthic data were compiled, digitised, and uploaded to PANGAEA as part of the MPA planning project for the Weddell Sea:

Presence and absence records of benthic taxa from trawl samples taken in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) and neighbouring seas during "Polarstern" cruises

Teschke, K. and Brey, T. (2019): Presence and absence records of benthic taxa from trawl samples taken in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) and neighbouring seas during "Polarstern" cruises ANT VII/4, ANT IX/3, ANT XIII/3 ANT XV/3, ANT XVII/3 and ANT XXI/2 between 1989 and 2004, PANGAEA. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.899085 

Presence and absence records of sea star species (class: Asteroidea) from trawl, grab and trap samples in the Weddell Sea and western Antarctic Peninsula region during "Polarstern" cruises

Teschke, K. and Brey, T. (2019): Presence and absence records of sea star species (class: Asteroidea) from trawl, grab and trap samples in the Weddell Sea and western Antarctic Peninsula region during "Polarstern" cruises ANT I/2, ANT II/4, ANT V/3, ANT VI/3, ANT XV/3 and ANT XVII/3

Abundance records of five most abundant brittle star species (Ophiuroidea) from trawl, grab and trap samples in the Weddell Sea and neighbouring seas during "Polarstern" cruises

Teschke, K. and Brey, T. (2019): Abundance records of five most abundant brittle star species (Ophiuroidea) from trawl, grab and trap samples in the Weddell Sea and neighbouring seas during "Polarstern" cruises ANT I/2, ANT II/4, ANT V/3 and 4, ANT VI/3, ANT IX/3 and ANT X/3 between 1983 and 1992

Abundance records of polychaete taxa (family: Aphroditides, Polynoids) from trawl samples in the Weddell Sea and neighbouring seas during "Polarstern" cruises

Teschke, K. and Brey, T. (2019): Abundance records of polychaete taxa (family: Aphroditides, Polynoids) from trawl samples in the Weddell Sea and neighbouring seas during "Polarstern" cruises ANT I/2, ANT II/4, ANT V/3 and 4, ANT VII/4, ANT IX/3 and ANT X/3 between 1983 and 1992

Abundance and biomass records of two sea urchin species (Sterechinus antarcticus, S. neumayeri) from trawls, grabs, traps and photographs in the Weddell Sea during "Polarstern" cruises

Teschke, K., Gutt, J. and Brey, T. (2019): Abundance and biomass records of two sea urchin species (Sterechinus antarcticus, S. neumayeri) from trawls, grabs, traps and photographs in the Weddell Sea during "Polarstern" cruises ANT-I/2, ANT-II/4, ANT-III/3, ANT-V/3-4, ANT-VI/3 and ANT-VII/4

CRITTERBASE

Research tents in the Weddell Sea

Research tents in the Weddell Sea. © Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Tore Hattermann

CRITTERBASE is a continuously expanding data warehouse that will enable marine ecologists across the globe to work with readily available high-quality and high-resolution data. It provides information on marine biotas and biodiversity to decision makers and the interested public. In addition, it will help to protect our data heritage for use by future generations.

As part of the Weddell Sea MPA Phase 1 project, we are currently already using the CRITTERBASE data warehouse for data quality checking and data storage. In the future, CRITTERBASE will serve us in the operational phase of WSMPA Phase 1 to manage the continuous large amounts of new data generated during the WSMPA Phase 1 research and monitoring programmes. 

The CRITTERBASE Collector App - the backend of the CRITTERBASE web interface - is available at Zenodo.

For more information about CRITTERBASE, see our article in Scientific Data:

CRITTERBASE, a science-driven data warehouse on marine biota

Teschke, K., Kraan, C., Kloss, P., Andresen, H., Beermann, J., Fiorentino, D., Gusky, M., Hansen, M.L.S., Konijnenberg, R., Koppe, R., Pehlke, H., Piepenburg, D., Sabbagh, T., Wrede, A., Brey, T. & Dannheim, J. (2022): CRITTERBASE, a science-driven data warehouse on marine biota. Scientific Data, 9, 483, doi: 10.1038/s41597-022-01590-1