Challenges of deep-sea biodiversity assessments in the Southern Ocean

Brandt, Angelika; Griffiths, Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1764-223X; Gutt, Julian; Linse, Katrin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3477-3047; Schiaparelli, Stefano; Ballerini, Tosca; Danis, Bruno; Pfannkuche, Olaf. 2014 Challenges of deep-sea biodiversity assessments in the Southern Ocean. Advances in Polar Science, 25 (3). 204-212. 10.13679/j.advps.2014.3.00204

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Abstract/Summary

Despite recent progress in deep-sea biodiversity assessments in the Southern Ocean (SO), there remain gaps in our knowledge that hamper effi cient deep-sea monitoring in times of rapid climate change. These include geographical sampling bias, depth and size-dependent faunal gaps in biology, ecology, distribution, and phylogeography, and the evolution of SO species. The phenomena of species patchiness and rarity are still not well understood, possibly because of our limited understanding of physiological adaptations and thresholds. Even though some shallow water species have been investigated physiologically, community scale studies on the effects of multiple stressors related to ongoing environmental change, including temperature rise, ocean acidification, and shifts in deposition of phytoplankton, are completely unknown for deep-sea organisms. Thus, the establishment of long-term and coordinated monitoring programs, such as those rapidly growing under the umbrella of the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) or the Deep Ocean Observing Strategy (DOOS), may represent unique tools for measuring the status and trends of deep-sea and SO ecosystems

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.13679/j.advps.2014.3.00204
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Environmental Change and Evolution
Additional Keywords:	biodiversity assessment, Southern Ocean, deep sea, gaps, limits, monitoring
Date made live:	17 Nov 2014 13:29 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504531

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.13679/j.advps.2014.3.00204

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Environmental Change and Evolution

Additional Keywords:

biodiversity assessment, Southern Ocean, deep sea, gaps, limits, monitoring

Date made live:

17 Nov 2014 13:29 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504531