The First Comprehensive Description of the Biodiversity and Biogeography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Intertidal Communities

Study Extent

In this study we examine all available whole community intertidal records from the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic (following the geographic definitions used by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Biogeographic Atlas). All islands south of the Polar Front are considered to be Antarctic (Bouvet Island, South Georgia, South Orkney Islands, South Sandwich Islands, South Shetland Islands) as described in Linse et al. (2006). All other islands within the influence of the Circumpolar Current are regarded as Sub-Antarctic (Figure 1).

Sampling

The database was compiled from studies of the ecology or whole communities of localities and avoiding studies that only targeted single species or taxa.

Method steps

1. The database was compiled from studies of the ecology or whole communities of localities and avoiding studies that only targeted single species or taxa.

1. Animalia
   rank: kingdom
2. Plantae
   rank: kingdom

Intertidal records from the Southern Ocean