Missing link in the Southern Ocean: sampling the marine benthic fauna of remote Bouvet Island

Arntz, Wolf E.; Thatje, Sven; Linse, Katrin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3477-3047; Avila, Conxita; Ballesteros, Manuel; Barnes, David K.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9076-7867; Cope, Therese; Cristobo, Francisco J.; De Broyer, Claude; Gutt, Julian; Isla, Enrique; Lopez-Gonzalez, Pablo; Montiel, Americo; Munilla, Tomas; Ramos Espla, Alfonso A.; Raupach, Michael; Rauschert, Martin; Rodriguez, Estefania; Teixido, Nuria. 2006 Missing link in the Southern Ocean: sampling the marine benthic fauna of remote Bouvet Island. Polar Biology, 29 (2). 83-96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0047-8

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Bouvet (Bouvetøya) is a geologically young and very remote island just south of the Polar Front. Here we report samples taken during the RV “Polarstern" cruise ANTXXI/2 on 3 days in November 2003 and January 2004. This work was part of SCAR’s EASIZ programme and intended, by providing data on the marine fauna of this “white gap" in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean, to contribute to identifying the role of Bouvet in the faunal exchange between the Sub- and high Antarctic. While this goal demands extensive molecular analysis of the material sampled (future work), a checklist of the samples and data at hand widens the faunal and environmental inventory substantially. We suggest some preliminary conclusions on the relationship of Bouvet Island’s fauna with that of other regions, such as Magellanic South America, the Antarctic Peninsula, and the high Antarctic Weddell Sea, which have been sampled previously. There seem to be different connections for individual higher taxa rather than a generally valid consistent picture.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0047-8
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Antarctic Science in the Global Context (2000-2005) > Antarctic Biodiversity - Past, Present and Future BAS Programmes > Antarctic Science in the Global Context (2000-2005) > Life at the Edge - Stresses and Thresholds
ISSN:	0722-4060
Format Availability:	Electronic, Print
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NORA Subject Terms:	Zoology Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	17 Aug 2007 12:41 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/7

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