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SOMBASE/TOTAL - Bioconstructors
Citation
GRIFFITHS, H.J., LINSE, K. & CRAME, J.A. 2003. SOMBASE – Southern Ocean Mollusc Database: A tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and ecology. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3, 207–213. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/2297

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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
Large sessile habitat-forming organisms such as sponges, corals, bryozoans and hydroids play a crucial role in the structure of Antarctic marine communities and enhance the local biodiversity. Not only are there many species of these groups found in the Antarctic (387 sponges, 141 corals, 320 bryozoans and 337 hydroids) but they also form vital habitats for countless other organisms. The habitats formed by these megafaunal organisms are increasingly being recognized as both vulnerable and important ecosystems. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) adopted a proposal to declare two areas of the Southern Ocean as Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs). Both areas proposed are highly biodiverse, particularly with respect to habitat-forming hydrocorals, sponges and associated fauna.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Invertebrates
Keywords:
Corals, Data, Marine Genomics, Sponges, Southern Hemisphere, Bryozoa, Cnidaria, Porifera

Geographical coverage
Southern Hemisphere

Temporal coverage
1870 - 2009
Unknown

Taxonomic coverage
Bryozoa [WoRMS]
Cnidaria [WoRMS]
Porifera [WoRMS]

Parameters
Count
Density
Presence of biota

Related datasets
Published in:
AntOBIS: Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Griffiths, H.J. et al. (2003). SOMBASE – Southern Ocean Mollusc Database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and ecology. Org. Divers. Evol. 3(3): 207–213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1078/1439-6092-00079, more

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Metadatarecord created: 2010-02-04
Information last updated: 2010-02-04
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