Estimating the biodiversity of the East Antarctic shelf and oceanic zone for ecoregionalisation: Example of the ichthyofauna of the CEAMARC (Collaborative East Antarctic Marine Census) CAML surveys

• Published in: Polar Science
• Main Authors: Koubbi, Philippe, Ozouf-Costaz, Catherine, Goarant, Anne, Moteki, Masato, Hulley, Percy-Alexander, Causse, Romain, Dettai, Agnes, Duhamel, Guy, Pruvost, Patrice, Tavernier, Eric, Post, Alexandra L., Beaman, Robin J., Rintoul, Stephen R., Hirawake, Toru, Hirano, Daisuke, Ishimaru, Takashi, Riddle, Martin, Hosie, Graham
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Observatoire océanologique de Villefranche-sur-mer (OOVM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Systématique, adaptation, évolution (SAE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT), Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Departement Génie Biologique, IUT Calais-Boulogne, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (CSIRO), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Australia (CSIRO), National Institute of Polar Research Tokyo (NiPR), Australian Antarctic Division (AAD)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: CCSD 2010
• Subjects: East Antarctic shelf; Ichthyofauna; Ecoregionalisation; Generalized dissimilarity modeling; Dumont d’Urville Sea; [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Antarctic; Dumont d’Urville; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; D’Urville Sea; Polar Science
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03502063; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2010.04.012

International audience Ecoregions are defined in terms of community structure as a function of abiotic or even anthropogenic forcing. They are meso-scale structures defined as the potential habitat of a species or the predicted communities geographic extent. We assume that they can be more easily defined for long-lived species, such as benthos or neritic fish, in the marine environment. Uncertainties exist for the pelagic realm because of its higher variability, plus little is known about the meso-and bathypelagic zones. A changing environment and modification of habitats will probably drive new communities from plankton to fish or top predators. We need baseline studies, such as those of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life, and databases like SCAR-MarBIN as tools for integrating all of these observations. Our objective is to understand the biodiversity patterns in the Southern Ocean and how these might change through time. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. and NIPR. All rights reserved.