2021/06/23 by Prosanta Chakrabarty, Ujali R. Desai, Chakrabarty, Prosanta +13
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #ANTARCTIC #Biology #Checklist #Continental shelf #Ecology #Ecology and Evolutionary Biology #FAUNA #Fauna #Fishery #Food Industry and Aquatic Biology #Geography #Geology #Marine and environmental studies #Oceanography #Paleontology #ROSS SEA #Science #Science (General)
paper · pdf · doi:10.7302/1657
openalex publication_date 2021/06/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
As part of an expedition aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer RVIB, hundreds of still images were captured of the Ross Sea continental shelf seafloor. Using a crowd-sourced group of experts, we identified the fauna captured in these images, identifying over 1000 organisms to 15 major taxonomic groups (viz., anemones, bivalves, brittle stars, cephalopods, corals, crinoids, crustaceans, fishes, holothurians, isopods, pycnogonids, sea urchins, sea stars, sponges, tunicates). On the basis of the organisms we could identify to genus or species, we compiled a checklist of the fauna from this poorly-known area. The images from this yo-yo camera survey show a diverse community of life that was largely unknown for this sector and may reveal expanded ranges for some species and potentially new ecological information.