Preliminary data on abundance and structure of macrozoobenthic assemblages from West Antarctica (Bellingshausen Sea and Antarctic Peninsula)

anuaryarc , stat ons were sampled on board the R/V Hesperides using an Agassiz trawl, covering an area from the Bellingshausen Sea to Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf, from 48 m to 2045 m depth. Macrozoobenthos numerical abundances and biomass data of were collected to characterize its assemblages’ composition. Furthermore sedimentologic parameters, CTD profiles and water samples were taken at 18 stations to determine vertical Bellingshausen East