First insights into the biodiversity and biogeography of the Southern Ocean deep sea

Angelika Brandt (), Andrew J. Gooday, Simone N. Brandão, Saskia Brix, Wiebke Brökeland, Tomas Cedhagen, Madhumita Choudhury, Nils Cornelius, Bruno Danis, Ilse De Mesel, Robert J. Diaz, David C. Gillan, Brigitte Ebbe, John A. Howe, Dorte Janussen, Stefanie Kaiser, Katrin Linse, Marina Malyutina, Jan Pawlowski, Michael Raupach and Ann Vanreusel
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Angelika Brandt: Zoological Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Andrew J. Gooday: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
Simone N. Brandão: Zoological Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Saskia Brix: Zoological Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Wiebke Brökeland: Zoological Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Tomas Cedhagen: University of Åarhus, Finlandsgade 14, 8200 Århus N, Denmark
Madhumita Choudhury: Zoological Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Nils Cornelius: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
Bruno Danis: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 Rue Vautier, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Ilse De Mesel: Marine Biology Section, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Robert J. Diaz: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062, USA
David C. Gillan: Marine Biology Laboratory, CP160/15, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 Avenue Roosevelt, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Brigitte Ebbe: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, DZMB-CeDAMar, c/o Forschungsmuseum König, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
John A. Howe: Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Dunbeg, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK
Dorte Janussen: Forschungs und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Stefanie Kaiser: Zoological Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Katrin Linse: British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environmental Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
Marina Malyutina: Institute of Marine Biology, FEB RAS, Palchevskogo, 17, 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
Jan Pawlowski: University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland
Michael Raupach: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
Ann Vanreusel: Marine Biology Section, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Nature, 2007, vol. 447, issue 7142, 307-311

Abstract: Antarctic biodiversity Much is known about the marine life on the Antarctic shelf, but the deep waters around the continent are almost unexplored. The ANDEEP project is designed to fill this gap in our knowledge. After three sampling expeditions to the Weddell Sea area with RV Polarstern, a clearer picture of the scale and pattern of Southern Ocean biodiversity is beginning to emerge. A compilation of data using traditional sampling methods in conjunction with video imaging and the latest molecular techniques from these expeditions is published this week. These new results are a major advance in our understanding of the organisms inhabiting a crucial sector of the deep ocean, revealing a large number of species new to science. On the cover, 5-cm diameter sea urchins caught in situ with a sediment profile camera in the central Powell Basin at a depth of 1,955 metres. (Photo: Robert J. Diaz).

Date: 2007
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