Pristine populations of habitat-forming gorgonian species on the Antarctic continental shelf
11 pages, 5 figures,supplementary information https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12427-y Declines in the abundance of long-lived and habitat-forming species on continental shelves have attracted particular attention given their importance to ecosystem structure and function of marine habitats. Th...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/158600 2024-02-11T09:57:57+01:00 Pristine populations of habitat-forming gorgonian species on the Antarctic continental shelf Ambroso, Stefano Salazar, Janire Zapata, Rebeca Federwisch, Luisa Richter, Claudio Gili, Josep Maria Teixidó, Nuria 2017-09 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/158600 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12427-y unknown Nature Publishing Group https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12427-y Sí doi:10.1038/s41598-017-12427-y issn: 2045-2322 e-issn: 2045-2322 Scientific Reports 7: 12251 (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/158600 28947777 open artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2017 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12427-y 2024-01-16T10:27:21Z 11 pages, 5 figures,supplementary information https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12427-y Declines in the abundance of long-lived and habitat-forming species on continental shelves have attracted particular attention given their importance to ecosystem structure and function of marine habitats. The study of undisturbed habitats defined as >pristine areas> is essential in creating a frame of reference for natural habitats free of human interference. Gorgonian species are one of the key structure-forming taxa in benthic communities on the Antarctic continental shelf. Current knowledge of the diversity, distribution and demography of this group is relatively limited in Antarctica. To overcome this lack of information we present original data on pristine and remote populations of gorgonians from the Weddell Sea, some of which display the largest colony sizes ever recorded in Antarctica. We assessed the distribution patterns of seven gorgonian species, a morphogroup and a family in front of the Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf (Weddell Sea) by means of quantitative analysis of video transects. Analysis of these videos showed a total of 3140 colonies of gorgonians with the highest abundance in the southern section and a significantly clumped distribution. This study contributes to the general knowledge of pristine areas of the continental shelf and identifies the eastern Weddell Sea as a hotspot for habitat-forming species This research was partially funded by ECOWED Project (CTM2012-39350-C02-01), PACES I 1.6, PACES II 1.6 and Polarstern Expedition PS82 with grant no. AWI_PS82_03 Peer Reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Ice Shelf Ronne Ice Shelf Weddell Sea Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Antarctic Ronne Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(-61.000,-61.000,-78.500,-78.500) The Antarctic Weddell Weddell Sea Scientific Reports 7 1 |
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11 pages, 5 figures,supplementary information https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12427-y Declines in the abundance of long-lived and habitat-forming species on continental shelves have attracted particular attention given their importance to ecosystem structure and function of marine habitats. The study of undisturbed habitats defined as >pristine areas> is essential in creating a frame of reference for natural habitats free of human interference. Gorgonian species are one of the key structure-forming taxa in benthic communities on the Antarctic continental shelf. Current knowledge of the diversity, distribution and demography of this group is relatively limited in Antarctica. To overcome this lack of information we present original data on pristine and remote populations of gorgonians from the Weddell Sea, some of which display the largest colony sizes ever recorded in Antarctica. We assessed the distribution patterns of seven gorgonian species, a morphogroup and a family in front of the Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf (Weddell Sea) by means of quantitative analysis of video transects. Analysis of these videos showed a total of 3140 colonies of gorgonians with the highest abundance in the southern section and a significantly clumped distribution. This study contributes to the general knowledge of pristine areas of the continental shelf and identifies the eastern Weddell Sea as a hotspot for habitat-forming species This research was partially funded by ECOWED Project (CTM2012-39350-C02-01), PACES I 1.6, PACES II 1.6 and Polarstern Expedition PS82 with grant no. AWI_PS82_03 Peer Reviewed |
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Ambroso, Stefano Salazar, Janire Zapata, Rebeca Federwisch, Luisa Richter, Claudio Gili, Josep Maria Teixidó, Nuria |
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Ambroso, Stefano Salazar, Janire Zapata, Rebeca Federwisch, Luisa Richter, Claudio Gili, Josep Maria Teixidó, Nuria Pristine populations of habitat-forming gorgonian species on the Antarctic continental shelf |
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Ambroso, Stefano Salazar, Janire Zapata, Rebeca Federwisch, Luisa Richter, Claudio Gili, Josep Maria Teixidó, Nuria |
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Pristine populations of habitat-forming gorgonian species on the Antarctic continental shelf |
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Pristine populations of habitat-forming gorgonian species on the Antarctic continental shelf |
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Pristine populations of habitat-forming gorgonian species on the Antarctic continental shelf |
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Pristine populations of habitat-forming gorgonian species on the Antarctic continental shelf |
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Pristine populations of habitat-forming gorgonian species on the Antarctic continental shelf |
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pristine populations of habitat-forming gorgonian species on the antarctic continental shelf |
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