Benthic biodiversity in the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area

• Published in: Biodiversity
• Main Authors: Brasier, M., Grant, S., Trathan, P., Allcock, L., Ashford, O., Blagbrough, H., Brandt, A., Danis, B., Downey, R., Eléaume, Marc, Enderlein, P., Ghiglione, C., Hogg, O., Linse, K., Mackenzie, M., Moreau, C., Robinson, L., Rodriguez, Elizandro, Spiridonov, V., Tate, A., Taylor, M., Waller, C., Wiklund, H., Griffiths, H.
• Other Authors: Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; Antarctica; benthos; protected area; vulnerable marine ecosystems; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Antarctic; Austral; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03090294; https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2018.1468821

International audience The South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf (SOISS) Marine Protected Area (MPA) was the first MPA anywhere in the world to be designated entirely within the High Seas and is managed under the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). As part of...