Revealing the hidden biodiversity of Antarctic and the Magellanic Sub-Antarctic Ecoregion: A comprehensive study of aquatic invertebrates from the BASE Project
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Background: Antarctica, its outlying archipelagoes and the Magellanic Subantarctic (MSA) ecoregion are amongst the last true wilderness areas remaining on the planet. Therefore, the publication, citation and peer review of their biodiversity data are essential. The new Millennium Institute Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), a Chilean scientific initiative funded by the National Agency of Research and Innovation, contributes 770 new records of aquatic invertebrates as a point of reference for present-day biodiversity research at these latitudes. New information: The occurrence dataset presented here has never been released before and is the result of the systematic recording of occurrences of several taxa across the Antarctic, Subantarctic and Magellanic Subantarctic ecoregions. We collected data from marine and freshwater invertebrates across numerous samplings from 2008 to 2023. From the 770 occurrences, we identified 160 taxa, 125 at species level and 35 at the genus level. The database has been registered in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The publication of this data paper was funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO, contract n°FR/36/AN1/AntaBIS) in the Framework of EU-Lifewatch as a contribution to the SCAR Antarctic biodiversity portal (biodiversity.aq).
Source: Biodiversity Data Journal
Institutions: Austral University of Chile, Center for Dynamic Research on High Latitude Marine Ecosystems, Instituto de Biodiversidad de Ecosistemas Antárticos y Subantárticos, Universidad de Magallanes, University of Chile, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat de la Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, University of Concepción
Language: English
Topic: Polar Research and Ecology
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $485
Awards: G2279907414, DOES RAFTING ALLOWS CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE ANTARCTIC POLAR FRONT? A CASE STUDY OF THE DIRECT DEVELOPER PERIWINKLE LAEVILITORINA CALIGINOSA GOULD 1849., G4315621605, G4953622269, MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE BIODIVERSITY OF ANTARCTIC AND SUBANTARCTIC ECOSYSTEMS, G7274493272, G7950730002, CENTRO CABO DE HORNOS (CHIC), RANGE CHANGES TRIGGERED BY GLOBAL WARMING IN THE FAIRY SHRIMP BRANCHINECTA GAINI NEW INSIGHTS INTO FRESHWATER SPECIES AS SENTINELS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IN ANTARCTICA.
OpenAlex ID: W4385953701