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presentation given at the last Diversitas OSC, in Cape Town, October 2009
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Quantifying Antarctic marine biodiversity using SCAR-MarBIN
Bruno Danis, Hendrik Segers, Claude De Broyer, Huw GriffithsBelgian Biodiversity Platform, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, British Antarctic Survey
• Highly adapted to extreme environment
• High level of endemism
• Mostly marine
• Estimations: possibly 20.000 species
• Under-studied (especially the deep-sea)
• Probably very sensitive to CC
Antarctic biodiversity
SCAR-MarBIN
• Funding: Belgian science Policy office
• International Polar Year 2007/08
• Census of Antarctic Marine Life
• Ocean Biogeographic Information System
• Global Biodiversity Information Network
Marine Biodiversity Information Network
• Build a network
• Offer free and open access to data and technology
• Expose all the (biodiversity) data and metadata
• Remain community-driven
• Adopt strong standardization
• Work for science, conservation, management
Philosophy
Riddle, M. Australian Antarctic Division
Tangible results
all taxa
all species
valid species
0 3.750 7.500 11.250 15.000
• The first RAMS
• Board of 60 editors
• Feeds WoRMS, CoL and EoL
• 16,176 taxa
• 9,234 species
www.scarmarbin.be
Tangible results
1.000.000+ records130 datasets5,200+ taxa
DownloadableWebGIS
Webservices
www.scarmarbin.be
Synthesizing knowledge
• RAMS: information on 16,000 taxa
• ANTOBIS: 1,000,000+ records
• Polar Macroscope Synthesis team
• Injection into conservation processes
• New insights in biogeography
• New insights in ecological processes
Identifying gaps
Griffiths HJ, British Antarctic Survey
Identifying gaps
Over 50% of samples taken in waters shallower than 400m
Similar trend for recorded benthic species
Most of the Southern Ocean is abyssal
Griffiths HJ, Clarke A, Danis B, submitted
Identifying gaps
2,8 isopod species are descibed every year
600+ were discovered during ANDEEP
We will need 214 years to describe them!
De Broyer C & Danis B, submitted
Promoting new initiatives
• Digitization grants systems: 12 initiatives funded
• Antarctic Field Guides
• Georeferenced genetic data
• Barcoding: CAML offering free barcoding
• ArcOD: Arctic Ocean Diversity Rose A. DZMB
Building bridges
• Across disciplines
• molecular & biogeography
• environmental parameters
• Across nations
• contributors: 13 countries
• users: 100+ countries
Perspectives
• Consolidation of the SCAR community
• Testing S.O. biogeography/ecological concepts/theories
• Data-driven, adaptative conservation and management
• ANTA’BIF: Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility
• Huw Griffiths on biodiversity patterns in session S22 tomorrow morning
Rose A. DZMB
Thanks for your attention
Strugnell J. British Antarctic Survey