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First insights into the biodiversity and biogeography of the Southern Ocean deep sea

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  • Angelika Brandt

    (Zoological Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Andrew J. Gooday

    (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK)

  • Simone N. Brandão

    (Zoological Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Saskia Brix

    (Zoological Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Wiebke Brökeland

    (Zoological Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Tomas Cedhagen

    (University of Åarhus, Finlandsgade 14, 8200 Århus N, Denmark)

  • Madhumita Choudhury

    (Zoological Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Nils Cornelius

    (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK)

  • Bruno Danis

    (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 Rue Vautier, 1000 Brussels, Belgium)

  • Ilse De Mesel

    (Marine Biology Section, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Robert J. Diaz

    (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062, USA)

  • David C. Gillan

    (Marine Biology Laboratory, CP160/15, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 Avenue Roosevelt, 1050 Brussels, Belgium)

  • Brigitte Ebbe

    (Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, DZMB-CeDAMar, c/o Forschungsmuseum König, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany)

  • John A. Howe

    (Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Dunbeg, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK)

  • Dorte Janussen

    (Forschungs und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

  • Stefanie Kaiser

    (Zoological Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Katrin Linse

    (British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environmental Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK)

  • Marina Malyutina

    (Institute of Marine Biology, FEB RAS, Palchevskogo, 17, 690041 Vladivostok, Russia)

  • Jan Pawlowski

    (University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland)

  • Michael Raupach

    (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany)

  • Ann Vanreusel

    (Marine Biology Section, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium)

Abstract

Antarctic biodiversity Much is known about the marine life on the Antarctic shelf, but the deep waters around the continent are almost unexplored. The ANDEEP project is designed to fill this gap in our knowledge. After three sampling expeditions to the Weddell Sea area with RV Polarstern, a clearer picture of the scale and pattern of Southern Ocean biodiversity is beginning to emerge. A compilation of data using traditional sampling methods in conjunction with video imaging and the latest molecular techniques from these expeditions is published this week. These new results are a major advance in our understanding of the organisms inhabiting a crucial sector of the deep ocean, revealing a large number of species new to science. On the cover, 5-cm diameter sea urchins caught in situ with a sediment profile camera in the central Powell Basin at a depth of 1,955 metres. (Photo: Robert J. Diaz).

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  • Angelika Brandt & Andrew J. Gooday & Simone N. Brandão & Saskia Brix & Wiebke Brökeland & Tomas Cedhagen & Madhumita Choudhury & Nils Cornelius & Bruno Danis & Ilse De Mesel & Robert J. Diaz & David C, 2007. "First insights into the biodiversity and biogeography of the Southern Ocean deep sea," Nature, Nature, vol. 447(7142), pages 307-311, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:447:y:2007:i:7142:d:10.1038_nature05827
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05827
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