Data

RECTOvERSO have been generating large amounts of biodiversity data on Antarctic systems, which are progressively been made publicly available.

A provisional list is available below:

The vERSO datasets are progressively documented in the vERSO Information System.

  1. Acid-base physiology in echinoderms. In situ parameters (temperature, salinity and oxygen saturation) obtained from a CTD. Parameters from seawater samples (pH, alkalinity and DIC). pHT, AT-CF measured in the coelomic fluid of 12 species of echinoderms (Asteroidea, Echinoidea, Holothuroidea)
  2. Antarctic Shelf (200-500 m) gene sequence Desmodora 18SCOI
  3. Antarctic Shelf (200-500 m) gene sequence Sabatieria 18S18S
  4. Antarctic Shelf (200-500 m) gene sequence Sabatieria 18SITS
  5. Antarctic Shelf (200-500 m) gene sequence Sabatieria COI
  6. Antarctic Shelf (200-500 m) gene sequence Sabatieria ITS
  7. Biogeochemical (Oxygen fluxes, nutrient fluxes, metals, sulfides, TOM, CN, grainsize, Chl-a) and biological (meiofauna and macrofauna densities) data from thebenthic chambers in situ deployment 2015 (three sites within Potter Cove)
  8. Biogeochemical (Oxygen fluxes, nutrient fluxes, TOM, CN, grain size, Chl-a) andbiological (meiofauna and macrofauna densities) data from the degradationexperiment at Potter Cove
  9. Biogeochemical fluxes benthic chambers Potter Cove (King George Island, WestAntarctic Peninsula) Benthic chambers biogeochemical fluxes, Pangaea series,Potter Cove, King George Island,West Antarctic Peninsula Processing
  10. Biogeochemistry (pigments, sediment grain size, TOM, CN, bacterial abundance andbiomass) data of three sites within Potter Cove
  11. Biogeochemistry of sediments benthic chambers Potter Cove (King George Island,West Antarctic Peninsula) Benthic chambers biogeochemical fluxes
  12. Biological data (densities and biomasses of meiofauna and macrofauna)
  13. Carbon, nitrogen and sufur elemental (%C, %N, %S) and stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N,δ34S) compositions of organisms collected during the Proteker 3 campaign(Subantarctic sea urchins, sponges and macro-algae).
  14. CO1 sequence data for >1300 asteroids including sample-related metadata(identification, depth, date etc…)
  15. Dataset of oceanographic/environmental maps (0.1° resolution) covering theKerguelen Plateau area for past decades (1955-2012) as well as predictions for 2100and 2200 (based on IPCC scenario A1B).
  16. DNA barcoding data (COI) of 96 putative T. eulepidotus, 53 putative N. coriiceps, and29 Trematomus spp. (sequenced in the framework of a Bachelor thesis), notpublished yet, but will be added to BOLD.
  17. ROV work at Potter Cove. Benthic diversity mapping data and video transects.
  18. Phylogeographic genetic data set with > 1000 COI and few Rho (< 100) sequencesof various Antarctic myctophids (lanternfish)
  19. Macrofauna biomass Potter Cove 2011 Shallow water meiofauna biomass from threestations at Potter Cove, King George Island, West Antarctic
  20. Meiofauna abundance Potter Cove 2010 Shallow water meiofauna abundance fromthree stations at Potter Cove, King George Island, West Antarctic
  21. Meiofauna biomass Potter Cove 2010 Shallow water meiofauna biomass from threestations at Potter Cove, King George Island, West Antarctic
  22. 22. Meiofauna biomass Potter Cove 2010 Shallow water meiofauna biomass from three stations at Potter Cove, King George Island, West Antarctic
  23. 23. Nematodes DNA sequence data for two genera: Sabatieria spp. 18S, ITS and COI ; Desmodora spp ITS and COI. All sequences in GENBANK
  24. Occurrence data for asteroids from biodiversity information systems (biodiversity.aq; OBIS; GBIF data portal), cleaned, checked and completed with additional data from published literature, including original manuscripts and data papers and cruise reports. 14,000 georeferenced records for latitudes below 45°
  25. Physiological measurements in nematodes: extracellular carbon system data, oxygen consumption
  26. Potter Cove (King George Island Antarctic Peninsula), West Macrofauna densities Macrofauna densities benthic chambers Pangaea series, Potter Cove, King George Island,West Antarctic
  27. Potter Cove (King George Island Antarctic Peninsula), West Macrofauna biomass Macrofauna biomass benthic chambers Pangaea series, Potter Cove, King George Island,West Antarctic
  28. Potter Cove (King George Island Antarctic Peninsula), West Macrofauna densities Macrofauna densities spatial/temporal analysis Pangaea series, Potter Cove, King George Island,West Antarctic
  29. Potter Cove (King George Island Antarctic Peninsula), West Macrofauna biomass Macrofauna biomass spatial/temporal analysis Pangaea series, Potter Cove, King George Island,West Antarctic
  30. Potter Cove (King George Island Antarctic Peninsula), West Macrofauna biomass Macrofauna biomass Macroalgae detritus remineralisation, Pangaea series, Potter Cove, King George Island,West Antarctic
  31. Potter Cove (King George Island Antarctic Peninsula), West Meiofauna densities Meiofauna densities benthic chambers Pangaea series, Potter Cove, King George Island,West Antarctic
  32. Potter Cove (King George Island Antarctic Peninsula), West Meiofauna biomass Meiofauna biomass benthic chambers Pangaea series, Potter Cove, King George Island,West Antarctic
  33. Potter Cove (King George Island Antarctic Peninsula), West Meiofauna densities Meiofauna densities temporal analysis Pangaea series, Potter Cove, King George Island,West Antarctic
  34. Potter Cove (King George Island Antarctic Peninsula), West Meiofauna biomass Meiofauna biomass temporal analysis Pangaea series, Potter Cove, King George Island,West Antarctic
  35. Potter Cove (King George Island Antarctic Peninsula), West Meiofauna biomass Meiofauna biomass Macroalgae detritus remineralisation, Pangaea series, Potter Cove, King George Island,West Antarctic
  36. Stable isotope data of Potter Cove benthos in 2010-2012
  37. Stable Isotope data Potter Cove (King George Island, West Antarctic Peninsula)Potter Cove, King George Island, West Antarctic
  38. The checklist of Southern Ocean asteroids in the RAMS (Register of Antarctic MarineSpecies) has been published. 295 accepted species.
  39. Two ddRAD data sets with genotypes for 1500 – 3000 SNPs combined, using the same bioinformatics pipeline, with de novo assembly and one time aligning to the reference genome of N. coriiceps
  40. GBS data of Notothenia rossii with ~10000 SNPs genotyped in 354 individuals fromthe Scotia Arc region and Kerguelen Islands. ddRAD data from 5 Trematomusspecies.
  41. Updated biogeographic dataset of sea urchin occurrence data of the KerguelenPlateau including a sampling effort time series
  42. Two reduced representation sequencing (one ddRAD with N. coriiceps, one GBSwith N. rossii) are available, as well as accompanying COI data for some samples included in these. Additionally, COI data for 75 fishes from an expedition off the South Orkney Islands is completed. Further COI data of Trematomus spp., Dissostichus mawsoni and Aethotaxis mitopteryx exists. Biological data such as life history parameters for Notothenia spp. is being collected at the time of writing. Finally, a large phylogeographic data set of mesopelagic fish of the Southern Ocean is available, consisting of newly created and database harvested COI and Rhodopsin gene sequences.
  43. One dataset (120 samples, 11 species) about carbon and nitrogen elemental (%C, %N) and stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) composition of sea urchins collected during the PS81 (ANTXXIX/3) campaign.
  44. One dataset (769 samples) about carbon, nitrogen and sulfur elemental (%C, %N, %S) and stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N, δ34S) composition of benthic invertebrates (28 taxa including sponges, sea anemones, nemerteans, nematods, polychaetes, sipunculians, molluscs, arthropods and echinoderms) and 10 of their potential food items (including benthic macroalgae, benthic biofilm, suspended particulate organic matter, sympagic algae and Pygoscelis adeliae guano) collected during the austral summers 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 on shallow bottoms (0-20 m) around Dumont- d’Urville station (Adélie Land, East Antarctica).
  45. One dataset (248 samples, 19 species) about carbon and nitrogen elemental (%C, %N) and stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) composition of Iphimediidae amphipods collected along the Western Antarctic Peninsula and in Adélie Land between 2006 and 2013.
  46. One dataset (419 samples, 41 species) about carbon and nitrogen elemental (%C, %N) and stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) composition of Notothenioidea fishes collected in the Scotia Sea and Weddell Sea between 2002 and 2015.
  47. Carbon and nitrogen elemental (%C, %N) and stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) composition of sea urchins (120 samples, 11 species) collected during the PS81 (ANTXXIX/3) campaign
  48. Carbon and nitrogen elemental (%C, %N) and stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) composition of Iphimediidae amphipods (248 samples, 19 species) collected along the Western Antarctic Peninsula and in Adélie Land between 2006 and 2013.
  49. Carbon and nitrogen elemental (%C, %N) and stable isotope composition (δ13C, δ15N) of Notothenioidea fishes (411 samples, 41 species) collected in the Scotia Sea and Weddell Sea between 2002 and 2015.
  50. Carbon, nitrogen and sulfur elemental (%C, %N, %S) and stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N, δ34S) composition of sea stars (currently 1035 samples of 104 taxa, not final) collected in multiple Antarctic and Subantarctic locations from 1985 to 2017.
  51. Carbon, nitrogen and sulfur elemental (%C, %N, %S) and stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N, δ34S) composition of benthic invertebrates and their potential food items collected in Kerguelen Islands kelp beds during the Proteker 2016 campaign (currently 342 samples, not final).