Brief description
The Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) Project Archive is a collection of scanned documents, maps, videos, and other related material that comprise the organisation and management documentation associated with a major research project of international significance. CAML measured the distribution and abundance of life in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica so that future impacts of climate change and human activities can be better understood. CAML coordinated the largest-ever survey of the Southern Ocean with 18 voyages in Antarctic waters, and inventoried over 16,000 marine species with hundreds new to science, provided DNA barcodes for 1,500 species, and has so far produced more than 600 scientific publications. CAML is a key activity of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR); a subproject of the Census of Marine Life (CoML); and was a major initiative of the 2007-2009 International Polar Year (IPY).Lineage
Progress Code: completedNotes
PurposeCAML Ships includes: list of the 18 ships that participated in the CAML project; map showing the voyages of the ships in the Southern Ocean.
Data time period: 2005-01-01 to 2010-12-31
text: westlimit=-180; southlimit=-80; eastlimit=-180; northlimit=-60
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Download the dataset. (GET DATA > DIRECT DOWNLOAD)
uri :
https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/5261/download
Website for the CAML project (PROJECT HOME PAGE)
uri :
http://www.caml.aq/
Download point for the CAML ships document archive (VIEW RELATED INFORMATION)
uri :
https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/2966/download
Dedicated Antarctic biodiversity data portal giving access to and integrating SCAR-MarBIN (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research - Marine Biodiversity Information Network) with the databases network managed by the Australian Antarctic Division. (VIEW RELATED INFORMATION)
uri :
http://www.biodiversity.aq/
SCAR-MarBIN (SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network) Webportal establishes and supports a distributed system of interoperable databases, forming the Antarctic Regional OBIS Node, under the aegis of SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research). (VIEW RELATED INFORMATION)
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