Italian Antarctic Data Center
BIOROSS - Bioconstructional organisms from the Ross Sea under Climate Change: ecosystems and ‘oasis’ of biodiversity to monitor and protect
BIOROSS will explore these unique benthic ecosystems of the Ross Sea focusing on bryozoan, coralline algae, cold-water coral and calcifying sponge bioconstructions and their associated communities in order to build vulnerability maps related to global threats (ocean acidification and global warming). To understand the distribution and extent of the Ross Sea bioconstructions, the international team of BIOROSS will study the Antarctic material already available from PNRA and NIWA collections and take part to a new seabed exploration and collection in the Ross Sea on board of R/V Tangaroa. The multidisciplinary approach will address questions on the structure and functioning of builder species and associated communities by means of a suite of cutting-edge instrumentation for offshore survey and sampling, and state-of-the-art analytical facilities and methods, including multibeam echosounders, towed camera, DNA-barcoding, electron microscopy, computed tomography and mass spectrometry.
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Identification info
- Date (Publication)
- 2019-12-30
Identifier
- Code
- PNRA18_00237
- Purpose
- Plants and animals creating the physical structure (i.e. bioconstruction) are key-elements to maintain biodiversity and influence ecosystem processes. Structurally complex, these ecosystems are characterised by high density and great macroinvertebrate species richness. However, they are vulnerable to climate drivers, which can alter the physiology and structure of the builders and their community composition, production, diversity, trophic structure, and nutrient cycling. Thus, bioconstructions are considered 'Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems', representing an ideal model system to monitor the effects of climate change. In particular, bioconstructions from the polar regions of the Southern Ocean are exposed to rapid warming and waters with levels of carbonate saturation state close to corrosive values.
- Status
- On going
Principal investigator
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
Spatial resolution
Equivalent scale
- Denominator
- 1
- Temporal resolution
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- Topic category
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- Oceans
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2021-06-01 2023-06-04
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Periodic
- GCMD - Science Keywords
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- MARINE BIOLOGY
- OCEAN CONTAMINANTS
- GCMD - Providers
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- IT/PNRA
- SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
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- Terra Nova Bay
Resource constraints
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- licence CC-BY
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- licence CC-BY
Associated resource
- Title
- BIOROSS
Identifier
- Code
- PNRA18_00237
- Association Type
- Dependency
- Initiative Type
- Project
Associated resource
- Title
- XXVII Expedition PNRA Italian Campaign to Antarctica
- Date (Validity Begins)
- 2021-11-01
- Date (Validity Expires)
- 2021-11-01
- Edition
- XXVII Expedition
Identifier
- Code
- XXVII Campaign
- Association Type
- Dependency
- Initiative Type
- Campaign
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- text
- OnLine resource
- BIOROSS
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Report
Result
- Title
- COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Pass
- true
Resource lineage
- Statement
- BIOROSS will explore these unique benthic ecosystems of the Ross Sea focusing on bryozoan, coralline algae, cold-water coral and calcifying sponge bioconstructions and their associated communities in order to build vulnerability maps related to global threats (ocean acidification and global warming)
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
Identifier
- Code
- WGS84
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/580c9f82-7f56-40a0-b9ca-528302a20aeb
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
- http://geonetwork.casaccia.enea.it:8089/srv/api/records/580c9f82-7f56-40a0-b9ca-528302a20aeb
- Date info (Revision)
- 2023-10-02T08:22:36
- Date info (Creation)
- 2020-05-25T10:12:00
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
Overviews
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