Personal submersibles offer novel ecological research access to Antarctic waters: an example, with observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoan Stygiomedusa gigantea

IF 1.9 4区地球科学 Q3 ECOLOGY

Polar Research Pub Date : 2023-01-30 DOI:10.33265/polar.v42.8873

D. Moore, A. Flink, Eva Prendergast, Antony Gilbert

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Abstract

Underwater biological surveys have been conducted around the Antarctic continent for several decades, and our knowledge of the species present in the shallow waters (<50 m) is reasonably comprehensive. However, the waters below 50 m remain underexplored on the account of difficulty of access, financial barriers and relatively few operational platforms capable of deployment to such depths. Here, we demonstrate that personal submersibles, now increasingly deployed by the expedition cruise industry, can be vessels of opportunity for biological research in the polar regions. We describe direct observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoan Stygiomedusa gigantea at water depths of 80–280 m in Antarctic Peninsula coastal waters as an example of the potential that personal submersibles present for the scientific community, and we outline possible research avenues for utilizing these platforms in the future.

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个人潜水器为南极水域的生态研究提供了新的途径:例如，观察很少遇到的棘足动物巨蜥

在南极大陆周围进行了几十年的水下生物调查，我们对浅水(<50米)中存在的物种的了解相当全面。然而，由于进入困难、资金障碍以及能够部署到这种深度的操作平台相对较少，50米以下的水域仍未得到充分开发。在这里，我们证明了个人潜水器，现在越来越多地部署在探险邮轮行业，可以为极地地区的生物研究提供机会。我们描述了在南极半岛沿海水域80-280米深的水域中很少遇到的棘足动物Stygiomedusa gigantea的直接观察结果，作为个人潜水器为科学界提供潜力的一个例子，我们概述了未来利用这些平台的可能研究途径。

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Polar Research 地学-地球科学综合

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.30%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Since 1982, Polar Research has been the international, peer-reviewed journal of the Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway''s central institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the polar regions. Aiming to promote the exchange of scientific knowledge about the Arctic and Antarctic across disciplinary boundaries, Polar Research serves an international community of researchers and managers. As an open-access journal, Polar Research makes its contents freely available to the general public. Original primary research papers comprise the mainstay of Polar Research. Review articles, brief research notes, letters to the editor and book reviews are also included. Special issues are published from time to time. The scope of Polar Research encompasses research in all scientific disciplines relevant to the polar regions. These include, but are not limited to, the subfields of biology, ecology, geology, oceanography, glaciology and atmospheric science. Submissions from the social sciences and those focusing on polar management and policy issues are welcome. Contributions about Antarctica are particularly encouraged.