SCAR Executive Committee Meeting
9-11 July 2007, Washington DC, USA
SCAR EXCOM 2007 WP36: Report of the SCAR Standing Scientific Group on Life Sciences (SSG-LS)
Working Paper 36
Agenda Item: 2.3.2
Deadline: 1 July
Person Responsible: Huiskes
Highlights
- The very successful CAML/IPY cruise on board RV Polarstern into the Weddell sea. More information on http://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2009/australian-polar-research-at-close-of-ipy/census-of-antarctic-marine-life (updated link) and http://www.cousteau.org/caml.html
- The publication: Angelika Brandt, Andrew J. Gooday, Simone N. Brandão, Saskia Brix, Wiebke Brökeland, Tomas Cedhagen, Madhumita Choudhury, Nils Cornelius, Bruno Danis, Ilse De Mesel, Robert J. Diaz, David C. Gillan, Brigitte Ebbe, John A. Howe, Dorte Janussen, Stefanie Kaiser, Katrin Linse, Marina Malyutina, Jan Pawlowski, Michael Raupach & Ann Vanreusel (2007). First insights into the biodiversity and biogeography of the Southern Ocean deep sea. Nature 447: 307-311. CAML publication no. 6.
- The book: Bergstrom DM, Convey P and Huiskes AHL (eds.) (2006). Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems, Antarctica as a global indicator. Springer, Dordrecht, xii + 370 pp.