Benthic biodiversity in the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area
The South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf (SOISS) Marine Protected Area (MPA) was the first MPA to be designated entirely within the high seas and is managed under the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). To assist with research and monitoring of the MPA, an i...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:522357 2023-05-15T14:02:21+02:00 Benthic biodiversity in the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area Brasier, M Grant, Susie Trathan, Phil Allcock, L Ashford, O Blagbrough, Hilary Brandt, A Danis, B Downey, R Eléaume, MP Enderlein, Peter Ghiglione, C Hogg, Oliver Linse, Katrin Mackenzie, M Moreau, C Robinson, LF Rodriguez, E Spirdonov, V Tate, Alexander Taylor, M Waller, C Wiklund, H Griffiths, Huw 2018-06-20 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522357/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522357/1/Brasier%20et%20al.%20biodiversity.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14888386.2018.1468821 en eng https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522357/1/Brasier%20et%20al.%20biodiversity.pdf Brasier, M; Grant, Susie; Trathan, Phil orcid:0000-0001-6673-9930 Allcock, L; Ashford, O; Blagbrough, Hilary orcid:0000-0001-6904-777X Brandt, A; Danis, B; Downey, R; Eléaume, MP; Enderlein, Peter; Ghiglione, C; Hogg, Oliver; Linse, Katrin orcid:0000-0003-3477-3047 Mackenzie, M; Moreau, C; Robinson, LF; Rodriguez, E; Spirdonov, V; Tate, Alexander orcid:0000-0002-7880-3271 Taylor, M; Waller, C; Wiklund, H; Griffiths, Huw orcid:0000-0003-1764-223X . 2018 Benthic biodiversity in the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area. Biodiversity, 19 (1-2). 5-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2018.1468821 <https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2018.1468821> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2018 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2018.1468821 2023-02-24T00:02:01Z The South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf (SOISS) Marine Protected Area (MPA) was the first MPA to be designated entirely within the high seas and is managed under the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). To assist with research and monitoring of the MPA, an international expedition (‘SO-AntEco’) was undertaken in the austral summer of 2016 to contribute towards a better understanding of selected benthic habitats within the region. The benthic assemblages of the SOISS MPA region were found to be strongly correlated with the texture of the seafloor, where hard substrates hosted a greater number of individuals, taxa and biomass with a dominance of filter feeding vulnerable marine ecosystem (VME) taxa, and soft sediments were dominated mostly by deposit feeders. Substantial differences in the abundance of VME taxa were found between sampling gears (shallow underwater camera system and Agassiz trawl). We conclude that camera systems may be more suitable for VME assessments, but additional trawling is advisable for collecting all faunal types and for higher taxonomic resolution. The designation of VME locations based purely on large scale geomorphic classification is not advisable, due to small scale variation in substrate and other local physical influences. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic South Orkney Islands Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic Austral South Orkney Islands ENVELOPE(-45.500,-45.500,-60.583,-60.583) Biodiversity 1 15 |
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The South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf (SOISS) Marine Protected Area (MPA) was the first MPA to be designated entirely within the high seas and is managed under the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). To assist with research and monitoring of the MPA, an international expedition (‘SO-AntEco’) was undertaken in the austral summer of 2016 to contribute towards a better understanding of selected benthic habitats within the region. The benthic assemblages of the SOISS MPA region were found to be strongly correlated with the texture of the seafloor, where hard substrates hosted a greater number of individuals, taxa and biomass with a dominance of filter feeding vulnerable marine ecosystem (VME) taxa, and soft sediments were dominated mostly by deposit feeders. Substantial differences in the abundance of VME taxa were found between sampling gears (shallow underwater camera system and Agassiz trawl). We conclude that camera systems may be more suitable for VME assessments, but additional trawling is advisable for collecting all faunal types and for higher taxonomic resolution. The designation of VME locations based purely on large scale geomorphic classification is not advisable, due to small scale variation in substrate and other local physical influences. |
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Brasier, M Grant, Susie Trathan, Phil Allcock, L Ashford, O Blagbrough, Hilary Brandt, A Danis, B Downey, R Eléaume, MP Enderlein, Peter Ghiglione, C Hogg, Oliver Linse, Katrin Mackenzie, M Moreau, C Robinson, LF Rodriguez, E Spirdonov, V Tate, Alexander Taylor, M Waller, C Wiklund, H Griffiths, Huw |
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Brasier, M Grant, Susie Trathan, Phil Allcock, L Ashford, O Blagbrough, Hilary Brandt, A Danis, B Downey, R Eléaume, MP Enderlein, Peter Ghiglione, C Hogg, Oliver Linse, Katrin Mackenzie, M Moreau, C Robinson, LF Rodriguez, E Spirdonov, V Tate, Alexander Taylor, M Waller, C Wiklund, H Griffiths, Huw Benthic biodiversity in the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area |
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Brasier, M Grant, Susie Trathan, Phil Allcock, L Ashford, O Blagbrough, Hilary Brandt, A Danis, B Downey, R Eléaume, MP Enderlein, Peter Ghiglione, C Hogg, Oliver Linse, Katrin Mackenzie, M Moreau, C Robinson, LF Rodriguez, E Spirdonov, V Tate, Alexander Taylor, M Waller, C Wiklund, H Griffiths, Huw |
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Benthic biodiversity in the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area |
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Benthic biodiversity in the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area |
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Benthic biodiversity in the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area |
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Benthic biodiversity in the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area |
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Benthic biodiversity in the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area |
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benthic biodiversity in the south orkney islands southern shelf marine protected area |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522357/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522357/1/Brasier%20et%20al.%20biodiversity.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14888386.2018.1468821 |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522357/1/Brasier%20et%20al.%20biodiversity.pdf Brasier, M; Grant, Susie; Trathan, Phil orcid:0000-0001-6673-9930 Allcock, L; Ashford, O; Blagbrough, Hilary orcid:0000-0001-6904-777X Brandt, A; Danis, B; Downey, R; Eléaume, MP; Enderlein, Peter; Ghiglione, C; Hogg, Oliver; Linse, Katrin orcid:0000-0003-3477-3047 Mackenzie, M; Moreau, C; Robinson, LF; Rodriguez, E; Spirdonov, V; Tate, Alexander orcid:0000-0002-7880-3271 Taylor, M; Waller, C; Wiklund, H; Griffiths, Huw orcid:0000-0003-1764-223X . 2018 Benthic biodiversity in the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area. Biodiversity, 19 (1-2). 5-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2018.1468821 <https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2018.1468821> |
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