Personal submersibles offer novel ecological research access to Antarctic waters: an example, with observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoan Stygiomedusa gigantea
Underwater biological surveys have been conducted around the Antarctic continent for several decades, and our knowledge of the species present in the shallow waters (<50 m) is reasonably comprehensive. However, the waters below 50 m remain underexplored on the account of difficulty of access, fin...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/8873 2023-05-15T14:01:21+02:00 Personal submersibles offer novel ecological research access to Antarctic waters: an example, with observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoan Stygiomedusa gigantea Moore, Daniel M. Flink, Anna Elina Prendergast, Eva Gilbert, Antony 2023-01-30 text/html application/pdf application/epub+zip text/xml https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/8873 https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v42.8873 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/8873/15286 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/8873/15289 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/8873/15287 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/8873/15288 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/8873 doi:10.33265/polar.v42.8873 Copyright (c) 2023 Daniel M. Moore, Anna Elina Flink, Eva Prendergast, Antony Gilbert https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 CC-BY-NC Polar Research; Vol. 42 (2023) 1751-8369 Submarine polar medusa citizen science jellyfish tourism info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2023 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v42.8873 2023-02-01T23:50:29Z Underwater biological surveys have been conducted around the Antarctic continent for several decades, and our knowledge of the species present in the shallow waters (<50 m) is reasonably comprehensive. However, the waters below 50 m remain underexplored on the account of difficulty of access, financial barriers and relatively few operational platforms capable of deployment to such depths. Here, we demonstrate that personal submersibles, now increasingly deployed by the expedition cruise industry, can be vessels of opportunity for biological research in the polar regions. We describe direct observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoanStygiomedusa giganteaat water depths of 80–280 m in Antarctic Peninsula coastal waters as an example of the potential that personal submersibles present for the scientific community, and we outline possible research avenues for utilizing these platforms in the future. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Polar Research Polar Research (E-Journal) Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Medusa ENVELOPE(157.417,157.417,-79.633,-79.633) The Antarctic Polar Research 42 |
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Underwater biological surveys have been conducted around the Antarctic continent for several decades, and our knowledge of the species present in the shallow waters (<50 m) is reasonably comprehensive. However, the waters below 50 m remain underexplored on the account of difficulty of access, financial barriers and relatively few operational platforms capable of deployment to such depths. Here, we demonstrate that personal submersibles, now increasingly deployed by the expedition cruise industry, can be vessels of opportunity for biological research in the polar regions. We describe direct observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoanStygiomedusa giganteaat water depths of 80–280 m in Antarctic Peninsula coastal waters as an example of the potential that personal submersibles present for the scientific community, and we outline possible research avenues for utilizing these platforms in the future. |
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Moore, Daniel M. Flink, Anna Elina Prendergast, Eva Gilbert, Antony |
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Personal submersibles offer novel ecological research access to Antarctic waters: an example, with observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoan Stygiomedusa gigantea |
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Personal submersibles offer novel ecological research access to Antarctic waters: an example, with observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoan Stygiomedusa gigantea |
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Personal submersibles offer novel ecological research access to Antarctic waters: an example, with observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoan Stygiomedusa gigantea |
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Personal submersibles offer novel ecological research access to Antarctic waters: an example, with observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoan Stygiomedusa gigantea |
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Personal submersibles offer novel ecological research access to Antarctic waters: an example, with observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoan Stygiomedusa gigantea |
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personal submersibles offer novel ecological research access to antarctic waters: an example, with observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoan stygiomedusa gigantea |
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