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During the austral summer expedition PS81, ANT-XXIX/3 with the German research ice breaker Polarstern in 2013, research was carried out to investigate the role of environmental factors on the distribution of benthic communities and marine mammal and krill densities around the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. For these studies collated in this special issue and studies in this area, we present a collection of environmental parameters with probable influence on the marine ecosystems around the Antarctic Peninsula.
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We would like to thank the Captain and the crew of the RV Polarstern PS81, ANT-XXIX/3, for their excellent help and support. D. Damaske and J. Bedmar are thanked for their help in collecting hydroacoustic data, M. Vogt and T. Hannemann are thanked for hel** to collect CFC and noble gas samples, and the oceanography group is thanked for collecting hydrographic data during PS81, ANT-XXIX/3. K. Bulsiewicz and J. Sültenfuß are thanked for their analysis in the IUP Bremen Tracer Lab. We are also grateful for the helpful comments of K. Linse and P.E. O’Brian who have reviewed the manuscript. Satellite data were provided by NASA (SeaWiFS, MODIS), ESA (MERIS, GlobColour) and PHAROS Group of University of Bremen. The published research is part of the AWI research programme PACES II. Part of the tracer analysis was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within the Schwerpunktprogramm Antarktisforschung (SPP 1158, Grant Number HU 1544/4).
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This article belongs to the special issue on “High environmental variability and steep biological gradients in the waters off the northern Antarctic Peninsula”, coordinated by Julian Gutt, Bruno David and Enrique Isla.
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Dorschel, B., Gutt, J., Huhn, O. et al. Environmental information for a marine ecosystem research approach for the northern Antarctic Peninsula (RV Polarstern expedition PS81, ANT-XXIX/3). Polar Biol 39, 765–787 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-015-1861-2
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