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FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
卷 6, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00480
关键词
ocean exploration; multibeam mapping; biodiversity; seamounts; Okeanos Explorer; Anthozoa; Porifera; Echinodermata
资金
- NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
- NOAA National Marine National Marine Sanctuaries Program
- NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
- NOAA DSCRTP
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
- NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- DSCRTP
Over a 3-year period, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOM) organized and implemented a Pacific-wide field campaign entitled CAPSTONE: Campaign to Address Pacific monument Science, Technology, and Ocean NEeds. Under the auspices of CAPSTONE, NOAA mapped 597,230 km(2) of the Pacific seafloor (with similar to 61% of mapped area located within US waters), including 323 seamounts, conducted 187 ROV dives totaling 189 h of ROV benthic imaging time, and documented >347,000 individual organisms. This comprehensive effort yielded dramatic insight into differences in biodiversity across depths, regions, and features, at multiple taxonomic scales. For all deep sea taxonomic groups large enough to be visualized with the ROV, we found that fewer than 20% of the species were able to be identified. The most abundant and highest diversity taxa across the dataset were from three phyla (Cnidaria, Porifera, and Echinodermata). We further examined these phyla for taxonomic assemblage patterns by depth, geographic region, and geologic feature. Within each taxa, there were multiple genera with specific distribution and abundance by depth, region, and feature. Additionally, we observed multiple genera with broad abundance and distribution, which may focus future ecological research efforts. Novel taxa, records, and behaviors were observed, suggestive of many new types of species interactions, drivers of community composition, and overall diversity patterns. To date, only 13.8% of the Pacific has been mapped using modern methods. Despite the incredible amount of new known and unknown information about the Pacific deep-sea, CAPSTONE is far from the culminating experience the name suggests. Rather, it marks the beginning of a new era for exploration that will offer extensive opportunities via mapping, technology, analysis, and insights.
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