Seal-mounted cameras detect invertebrate fauna on the underside of an Antarctic ice shelf
While modern sampling techniques, such as autonomous underwater vehicles, are increasing our knowledge of the fauna beneath Antarctic sea ice of only a few meters in depth, greater sampling difficulties mean that little is known about the marine life underneath Antarctic ice shelves over 100 m thick...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:14805 2024-09-15T17:43:25+00:00 Seal-mounted cameras detect invertebrate fauna on the underside of an Antarctic ice shelf Watanabe, Y. Bornemann, Horst Liebsch, N. Plötz, Joachim Sato, K. Naito, Y. Miyazaki, N. 2006 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/14805/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.25034 unknown Watanabe, Y. , Bornemann, H. , Liebsch, N. , Plötz, J. , Sato, K. , Naito, Y. and Miyazaki, N. (2006) Seal-mounted cameras detect invertebrate fauna on the underside of an Antarctic ice shelf , Marine ecology-progress series, 309 , pp. 297-300 . hdl:10013/epic.25034 EPIC3Marine ecology-progress series, 309, pp. 297-300 Article isiRev 2006 ftawi 2024-06-24T03:58:50Z While modern sampling techniques, such as autonomous underwater vehicles, are increasing our knowledge of the fauna beneath Antarctic sea ice of only a few meters in depth, greater sampling difficulties mean that little is known about the marine life underneath Antarctic ice shelves over 100 m thick. In this study, we present underwater images showing the underside of an Antarctic ice shelf covered by aggregated invertebrate communities, most likely cnidarians and isopods. These images, taken at an average depth of 145 m, were obtained with a digital still camera system attached to Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii foraging just beneath the ice shelf. Our observations indicate that, similar to the sea floor, ice shelves serve as an important habitat for a remarkable amount of marine invertebrate fauna in Antarctica. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Sea ice Weddell Seals Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) |
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While modern sampling techniques, such as autonomous underwater vehicles, are increasing our knowledge of the fauna beneath Antarctic sea ice of only a few meters in depth, greater sampling difficulties mean that little is known about the marine life underneath Antarctic ice shelves over 100 m thick. In this study, we present underwater images showing the underside of an Antarctic ice shelf covered by aggregated invertebrate communities, most likely cnidarians and isopods. These images, taken at an average depth of 145 m, were obtained with a digital still camera system attached to Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii foraging just beneath the ice shelf. Our observations indicate that, similar to the sea floor, ice shelves serve as an important habitat for a remarkable amount of marine invertebrate fauna in Antarctica. |
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Watanabe, Y. Bornemann, Horst Liebsch, N. Plötz, Joachim Sato, K. Naito, Y. Miyazaki, N. |
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Watanabe, Y. Bornemann, Horst Liebsch, N. Plötz, Joachim Sato, K. Naito, Y. Miyazaki, N. Seal-mounted cameras detect invertebrate fauna on the underside of an Antarctic ice shelf |
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Watanabe, Y. Bornemann, Horst Liebsch, N. Plötz, Joachim Sato, K. Naito, Y. Miyazaki, N. |
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Seal-mounted cameras detect invertebrate fauna on the underside of an Antarctic ice shelf |
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Seal-mounted cameras detect invertebrate fauna on the underside of an Antarctic ice shelf |
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Seal-mounted cameras detect invertebrate fauna on the underside of an Antarctic ice shelf |
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Seal-mounted cameras detect invertebrate fauna on the underside of an Antarctic ice shelf |
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Seal-mounted cameras detect invertebrate fauna on the underside of an Antarctic ice shelf |
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seal-mounted cameras detect invertebrate fauna on the underside of an antarctic ice shelf |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/14805/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.25034 |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Sea ice Weddell Seals |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Sea ice Weddell Seals |
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EPIC3Marine ecology-progress series, 309, pp. 297-300 |
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Watanabe, Y. , Bornemann, H. , Liebsch, N. , Plötz, J. , Sato, K. , Naito, Y. and Miyazaki, N. (2006) Seal-mounted cameras detect invertebrate fauna on the underside of an Antarctic ice shelf , Marine ecology-progress series, 309 , pp. 297-300 . hdl:10013/epic.25034 |
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