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Table 1. Sampling stations. N: North, S: South, W: West, E: East, BC: Boxcore, MC: Multicore.
Station number / General area / Location / Gear / Water depths (m) / DNA samplesAII 131 / Lower Continental
Slope NW Weddell / 65°19.35’S
51°32.26’W / BC/MC / 3055 / SED9
AII 133 / Middle Continental Slope, N W Weddell / 65°20.23’ S
54°12.65’ W / BC/MC / 1166 / SED1335, SED1331, SEDk82, SEDk42, SED7
AII 134 / Weddell Abyssal Plain / 62°45.36' S
52°48.61' W / BC/MC / 2514 / S3455
AII 136 / N Weddell Abyssal Plain, S Endurance Ridge / 64°01.67’ S
39°07.68’ W / BC/MC / 4760 / SED12, S3410
AII 137 / N Weddell Abyssal Plain, near fracture zone / 63°45.00’ S
33°47.81’ W / BC/MC / 4975 / N3474, N3475, SED8, SED817
AII 139 / S Sandwich Trench, E of Montague Island / 58°14.71’S
24°20.48’W / BC/MC / 3936 / N3502, SED1397
AII 140 / S Sandwich Trench, E of Montague Island / 58°16.14’ S
24°53.74’ W / BC/MC / 2964 / SED5, SED140, SED14045
AIII 59 / N Weddell / 67°30.37' S
0°03.74' W / MC / 4648 / N5977, N5124, S5929, S5132, S5125, S5928, S5930
AIII 80 / N Weddell / 70°39.22' S
14°43.39' W / BC/MC / 3102 / N7578, N7576, N7580, S5936, S5933, S5947, S5935
AIII 88 / N Weddell / 68°03.65' S
20°27.77' W / BC/MC / 4932 / N5177, N5982, N5981, N5986, N5978, N5980, N5983, N5984, S5954, S5176, S7587, S5967, S5962, S5970
AIII 94 / N Weddell / 66°37.43' S 27°09.77' W / BC/MC / 4894 / N6012, N6013, N5976, N6016, N7569, S5183, SED945
AIII 102 / N Weddell / 65°34.32' S
36°31.32' W / BC/MC / 4805 / N5214, S5213, S7592, S7589, S7588, S7591
CD158 56519 / Porcupine Abyssal Plain / 48°51.00’ N
16°29.90’W / MC / 4800 / S4995
CD158 56527 / Porcupine Abyssal Plain / 48°51.00’ N
16°29.80’W / MC / 4800 / S5008
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