BUSCADOR RECOLECTA

ECOQUIM Cruise (29HE20060102) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2006, Chemical Ecology of Antarctic invertebrates. The objective of this research is to obtain bioactive substances from Antarctic benthic invertebrates that provide information on the chemical ecology of the species involved, and that may be useful for their pharmacological potential. The material will be collected in the Bransfield Strait and later processed at the Gabriel de Castilla Antarctic Spanish Base on Deception Island.The ECOQUIM-2 cruise was carried out around Deception Island, Livingston Island and their vicinities (South Shetland Islands) on board the Spanish RV BIOHespe´rides. Two different sampling devices (Agassiz trawl and rocky dredge) were used to obtain the samples at depths from 25–215 m