Benthic biodiversity under Antarctic ice-shelves - baseline assessment of the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf
Lead Research Organisation:
British Antarctic Survey
Department Name: Science Programmes
Abstract
Regional climate change is well established in the Antarctic, particularly in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Details of the underlying drivers of climate change and its physical consequences are increasingly well understood. Changes in the physical properties of the marine system are especially important for biological components and include, inter alia, changes in ocean temperature and ocean acidification, reductions in the extent and timing of seasonal sea-ice and the retreat and collapse of ice shelves and glaciers. Nevertheless, the implications for biological systems remain poorly understood, above all, for how rapidly physical changes might cascade through marine foodwebs. It is therefore important that ecological studies that facilitate long-term comparisons are established, and in order to develop projections of the future consequences of climate change. These studies are best undertaken in the absence of any effects caused by other human activities. In this respect, ice-shelf collapse is of special importance as it opens up new habitats for biological colonisation and ecological succession, and impacts established biogeochemical cycles.
A recent review by Trathan et al. highlighted how 50-years of retreat in ice shelves and coastal glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula has exposed at least 2.4 x10^4 km^2 of new open water. These newly revealed habitats appear to have allowed new phytoplankton blooms that were rapidly followed by new marine zooplankton and seabed communities. In general, the fauna under existing ice shelves exists in oligotrophic, deep-sea-like conditions and, because ice shelf collapse may lead to greater nutrient input, there may be a shift in community structure through the loss and gain of species. Ice-shelf loss will allow increased levels of marine snow and benthic-pelagic coupling that will alter benthic nutrient cycling and may result in additional carbon storage. Further, terrigenous material may also be deposited in some of these habitats, potentially impacting upon the existing benthos and modifying conditions for future colonisation.
The benthic communities of the Antarctic shelf show high levels of gigantism, longevity, slow growth, late maturity and endemism, meaning that many species are susceptible to disturbance. However, these communities are also potentially more dynamic than so far assumed and can show surprising rates of change, even over relatively short time periods. Nevertheless, they remain susceptible to environmental variability and change. Therefore, the regional nature of ongoing climate change coupled with the high levels of endemism mean that community processes will vary across a range of sites. Gaining early sight of communities will be key, prior to the commencement of species loss, or future colonisation.
The Antarctic shelf ecosystems that form following ice-shelf loss will be susceptible to colonisation by species from immediately adjacent areas; however, other complex processes may also take place as ocean currents may create opportunities for species to return that were last present in the last interglacial, a warmer period than at present.
Our project will use a four-fold approach:
1) Characterisation of the benthic community formerly under A68, their assemblages and spatial distribution at a range of nested scales in relation to the distance from the former ice-shelf front.
2) Samples returned to the UK (preserved in ethanol, RNAlater, or stored at -80C) for future molecular genetic and genomic analysis of phylogeography, evolutionary history and metagenomics.
3) Collection of macro- and megafauna and dietary sources such as ice-algae, plankton and organic matter in the sediment for food web analysis using bulk stable isotopes of delta 13C, 15N and 34S, and lipid analysis.
4) In-vitro incubation whilst at sea to explore 13C uptake by infaunal meio- and macrofauna in multicorer-tube microcosms.
A recent review by Trathan et al. highlighted how 50-years of retreat in ice shelves and coastal glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula has exposed at least 2.4 x10^4 km^2 of new open water. These newly revealed habitats appear to have allowed new phytoplankton blooms that were rapidly followed by new marine zooplankton and seabed communities. In general, the fauna under existing ice shelves exists in oligotrophic, deep-sea-like conditions and, because ice shelf collapse may lead to greater nutrient input, there may be a shift in community structure through the loss and gain of species. Ice-shelf loss will allow increased levels of marine snow and benthic-pelagic coupling that will alter benthic nutrient cycling and may result in additional carbon storage. Further, terrigenous material may also be deposited in some of these habitats, potentially impacting upon the existing benthos and modifying conditions for future colonisation.
The benthic communities of the Antarctic shelf show high levels of gigantism, longevity, slow growth, late maturity and endemism, meaning that many species are susceptible to disturbance. However, these communities are also potentially more dynamic than so far assumed and can show surprising rates of change, even over relatively short time periods. Nevertheless, they remain susceptible to environmental variability and change. Therefore, the regional nature of ongoing climate change coupled with the high levels of endemism mean that community processes will vary across a range of sites. Gaining early sight of communities will be key, prior to the commencement of species loss, or future colonisation.
The Antarctic shelf ecosystems that form following ice-shelf loss will be susceptible to colonisation by species from immediately adjacent areas; however, other complex processes may also take place as ocean currents may create opportunities for species to return that were last present in the last interglacial, a warmer period than at present.
Our project will use a four-fold approach:
1) Characterisation of the benthic community formerly under A68, their assemblages and spatial distribution at a range of nested scales in relation to the distance from the former ice-shelf front.
2) Samples returned to the UK (preserved in ethanol, RNAlater, or stored at -80C) for future molecular genetic and genomic analysis of phylogeography, evolutionary history and metagenomics.
3) Collection of macro- and megafauna and dietary sources such as ice-algae, plankton and organic matter in the sediment for food web analysis using bulk stable isotopes of delta 13C, 15N and 34S, and lipid analysis.
4) In-vitro incubation whilst at sea to explore 13C uptake by infaunal meio- and macrofauna in multicorer-tube microcosms.
Planned Impact
This proposal addresses key elements of NERC's strategic direction 'The Business of the Environment', including key goals relating to discovering how our planet works and managing the environment responsibly. This science will help NERC advance our understanding about the processes that create natural and man-made hazards, so that we are better equipped to manage vulnerability, risk and response to a warming ocean. Our science will have relevance for different stakeholders and users; engaging with these groups will be vitally important.
Educating tomorrow's generation of scientists and engineers: There has been wide public engagement with ice-shelf retreat, evidenced by the global coverage of the break-up of the Larsen-A & B ice shelves and more recently by the calving event of the gigantic iceberg A68 from the Larsen-C. BAS video footage of the Larsen-C ice crack, captured from a Twin Otter aircraft, was inspirational for many sectors of the general public and involving young people, encouraging them to pursue science and technology studies. We propose to add underwater videos and photos of the habitat previously covered by A68 as well as further drone video footage of A68, the breaking up of iceberg A68, if it occurs whilst we are in the area, and the new ice-shelf front.
The opportunity to have a UK ship as the first to reach this areas, will, in itself, provide a hook for news stories, and this will provide an excellent opportunity to engage a much wider audience about issues around environmental change and biological science. The BAS Communications Team and those from partner institutions will assist project scientists in identifying newsworthy results and communicating these through targeted press releases for selected news outlets. Regular project updates will be given through science briefings and a dedicated project web page linked through the BAS public-facing website which alone attracts around 60,000 unique visitors per month. In addition, we will also make use of digital news media channels such as Twitter, Facebook and You Tube. Project scientists will write and post blogs in situ and also engage with schools for National Science Week in March 2018, and community engagement events through the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network (STEMNET). Images and material obtained during the cruise will be used for engaging the general public and young people using a range of different channels. Previous BAS press releases on the Larsen-C calving event have generated over 1000 individuals items of press coverage across TV, radio and print from BBC TV News to national news outlets across the world reaching an estimated audience of 1.6 billion people (according to BAS media monitoring platform Meltwater).
Following the A68 calving event, public media are still interested in the subject and currently continue to engage in interactions with the BAS Communications Team. Whether an appropriate media team to join the cruise can be identified and approved, in time for deployment is an open question, but will be investigated and followed up by the BAS Communications Team. Such an activity would not add costs to this proposal.
This work will also contribute to the fundamental understanding of the resilience and recovery potential of Antarctic continental shelf ecosystems and marine ecosystems under change in general, and will thus provide a major contribution to the Antarctic Treaty System, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and the Convention of Biological Diversity.
Educating tomorrow's generation of scientists and engineers: There has been wide public engagement with ice-shelf retreat, evidenced by the global coverage of the break-up of the Larsen-A & B ice shelves and more recently by the calving event of the gigantic iceberg A68 from the Larsen-C. BAS video footage of the Larsen-C ice crack, captured from a Twin Otter aircraft, was inspirational for many sectors of the general public and involving young people, encouraging them to pursue science and technology studies. We propose to add underwater videos and photos of the habitat previously covered by A68 as well as further drone video footage of A68, the breaking up of iceberg A68, if it occurs whilst we are in the area, and the new ice-shelf front.
The opportunity to have a UK ship as the first to reach this areas, will, in itself, provide a hook for news stories, and this will provide an excellent opportunity to engage a much wider audience about issues around environmental change and biological science. The BAS Communications Team and those from partner institutions will assist project scientists in identifying newsworthy results and communicating these through targeted press releases for selected news outlets. Regular project updates will be given through science briefings and a dedicated project web page linked through the BAS public-facing website which alone attracts around 60,000 unique visitors per month. In addition, we will also make use of digital news media channels such as Twitter, Facebook and You Tube. Project scientists will write and post blogs in situ and also engage with schools for National Science Week in March 2018, and community engagement events through the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network (STEMNET). Images and material obtained during the cruise will be used for engaging the general public and young people using a range of different channels. Previous BAS press releases on the Larsen-C calving event have generated over 1000 individuals items of press coverage across TV, radio and print from BBC TV News to national news outlets across the world reaching an estimated audience of 1.6 billion people (according to BAS media monitoring platform Meltwater).
Following the A68 calving event, public media are still interested in the subject and currently continue to engage in interactions with the BAS Communications Team. Whether an appropriate media team to join the cruise can be identified and approved, in time for deployment is an open question, but will be investigated and followed up by the BAS Communications Team. Such an activity would not add costs to this proposal.
This work will also contribute to the fundamental understanding of the resilience and recovery potential of Antarctic continental shelf ecosystems and marine ecosystems under change in general, and will thus provide a major contribution to the Antarctic Treaty System, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and the Convention of Biological Diversity.
Organisations
- British Antarctic Survey (Lead Research Organisation)
- Equal Pay Portal (Collaboration)
- University of Gothenburg (Collaboration)
- University of Ghent (Collaboration)
- Senckenberg Research Institute and Nature Museum Senckenberganlage (Collaboration)
- Museums Victoria (Collaboration)
- Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Collaboration)
Publications
Almond P
(2021)
In-situ Image Analysis of Habitat Heterogeneity and Benthic Biodiversity in the Prince Gustav Channel, Eastern Antarctic Peninsula
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Anderson M
(2021)
Macrobenthic Mollusca of the Prince Gustav Channel, Eastern Antarctic Peninsula: An Area Undergoing Colonisation
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Cunningham EM
(2020)
High Abundances of Microplastic Pollution in Deep-Sea Sediments: Evidence from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
in Environmental science & technology
Di Franco D
(2020)
Abundance and Distributional Patterns of Benthic Peracarid Crustaceans From the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean and Weddell Sea
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Di Franco D
(2021)
Drivers of abundance and spatial distribution in Southern Ocean peracarid crustacea
in Ecological Indicators
Di Franco D
(2021)
Abundance data of benthic peracarid crustaceans from the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean.
in Data in brief
Drennan R
(2021)
Annelid Fauna of the Prince Gustav Channel, a Previously Ice-Covered Seaway on the Northeastern Antarctic Peninsula
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Description | The continguency research area, the Prince Gustav Channel, lies between the eastern shores of the Antarctic Peninsula and James Ross Island, an area that had not been sampled for benthic biodiversity before. The collected macro- and megabenthic fauna comprised groups known from the Antarctic shelf environment such as brittle stars, sea cucumbers, isopods, polychaetes, bivalves, sponges. While some specimens resembled known species like the sea urchin Sterechinus antarcticus, others like a bright blue-green antarcturid isopod seem to belong to new, unnamed species. The specialists' identifications to species level are currently ongoing and will take a while as samples did not return to the UK until Summer 2018 and macrobenthic samples require sorting (separating animals from sand and mud) before sending them to the specialists. We noted a high abundance of specimens in the samples, often made up by high numbers of specimens across a few species so overall species richness was low. This finding is consistent with the hypothesis of a habitat that has recently become available since ice-shelf collapse. The benthic fauna collected in the Prince Gustav Channel, in depth of 200m to 1200m, did not show obvious similarities to abyssal faunas. The foodweb structure and C-uptake analysis are still in process. At present (March 2021) we have three PhD students working on the biodiversity and species identification of polychaetes, sea spiders and peracarid crustaceans. The student studying the peracarids found a correlation in the peracarid abundances and assemblage structure depending on availability of sea ice cover and presence. |
Exploitation Route | The Prince Gustav Channel had not been studied for benthic biodiversity and samples collected there can be used as comparsisons for future studies on the Larsen-C biodiversity, from taxonomic inventories, specimens for phylogenetic analyses, foodweb and C-update ecology and in-situ seafloor habitat descriptions. Next to the ongoing research by our core PI team and our collaborators we have Honours, Masters and PhD students studying material collected during JR17003a. At present, 2 PhD students (on peracarid crustaceans and polychaetes) have started in 2019 on PGC samples, a third, grant unrelated PhD project on seaspiders is using samples from JR17003a and one PhD project proposal (molluscs) is under consideration for funding in 2021. Two MSc projects have been finished based on JR17003a samples (Panto, G. (2019). Benthic community structure and response to ice-shelf dynamics in the Prince Gustav Channel and Duse Bay, Antarctic Peninsula. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Antwerpen/Ghent University/Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Antwerpen/Gent/Brussel. 42 pp.; Almond, P. (2020) Benthic biodiversity and habitat heterogeneity in the Prince Gustav Channel of the Antarctic Peninsula. MSc Thesis Newcastle University. 32 pp) Several results of this project have been submitted as manuscripts for a Research Topic in Frontiers in Marine Science with December 2020 submission deadline (had been extended due to Covid pandemic), with 3 (Drennan et al. 2020, Di Franco et al. 2020, Almond et al. 2021) . already published and further in review. |
Sectors | Education Environment Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/report/16954/ |
Title | Benthic seafloor images from Prince Gustav Channel and Duse Bay, Eastern Antarctic Peninsula, March 2018 |
Description | In-situ underwater images were gathered during the expedition JR17003a of RRS James Clark Ross to the eastern Antarctic Peninsula in March 2018. The BAS' Shallow Underwater Camera System (SUCS) has been used to estimate faunal density, biomass and species abundance of the benthos and to provide an overview of the conditions of the underwater landscape. Funding was provided by NERC urgency grant NE/R012296/1 'Benthic biodiversity under Antarctic ice-shelves - baseline assessment of the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf'. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01405 |
Title | Macrobenthic Cumacea collected by epibenthic sledge from the Amundsen Sea in March 2008 and from the Prince Gustav Channel and Duse Bay, Eastern Antarctic Peninsula in March 2018 |
Description | In 2008 RRS James Clark Ross investigated the marine benthic biodiversity in Amundsen Sea and in 2018 the marine benthic biodiversity of the Prince Gustav Channel (PGC) area and the macrobenthic cumacean fauna (Peracarida, Crustacea) collected by epibenthic sledge (EBS) has been assessed for species richness, abundance and assemblage composition. In total 4431 cumacean specimens assigned to 58 morphospecies and 5 families were identified. To set the cumacean dataset into a wider context, published cumacean species richness and abundance data from EBS collected stations in the Magellan Region and Southern Ocean (Rehm et al 2007, Muehlenhardt-Siegel 1999, Cordoba & San Vincente 2009) were added. This dataset provides data for 1) Amundsen Sea and PGC EBS locations, 2) Amundsen Sea and PGC EBS cumacean abundances, 3) Magellan Region and Southern Ocean EBS cumacean standardised 1000 m trawl length abundances (175 - 3500 m depth). Funding for the expeditions and KL was provided by NERC NC Science for the BAS core project BIOPEARL and for NERC urgency grant NE/R012296/1 'Benthic biodiversity under Antarctic ice-shelves - baseline assessment of the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf'. Funding for DD was provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grant Br1121/51-1. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01553 |
Title | Macrobenthic Cumacea collected by epibenthic sledge from the Amundsen Sea in March 2008 and from the Prince Gustav Channel and Duse Bay, Eastern Antarctic Peninsula in March 2018 |
Description | In 2008 RRS James Clark Ross investigated the marine benthic biodiversity in Amundsen Sea and in 2018 the marine benthic biodiversity of the Prince Gustav Channel (PGC) area and the macrobenthic cumacean fauna (Peracarida, Crustacea) collected by epibenthic sledge (EBS) has been assessed for species richness, abundance and assemblage composition. In total 4431 cumacean specimens assigned to 58 morphospecies and 5 families were identified. To set the cumacean dataset into a wider context, published cumacean species richness and abundance data from EBS collected stations in the Magellan Region and Southern Ocean (Rehm et al 2007, Muehlenhardt-Siegel 1999, Cordoba & San Vincente 2009) were added. This dataset provides data for 1) Amundsen Sea and PGC EBS locations, 2) Amundsen Sea and PGC EBS cumacean abundances, 3) Magellan Region and Southern Ocean EBS cumacean standardised 1000 m trawl length abundances (175 - 3500 m depth). Funding for the expeditions and KL was provided by NERC NC Science for the BAS core project BIOPEARL and for NERC urgency grant NE/R012296/1 'Benthic biodiversity under Antarctic ice-shelves - baseline assessment of the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf'. Funding for DD was provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grant Br1121/51-1. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01553 |
Title | Macrobenthic Isopoda collected by epibenthic sledge from the southern Weddell Sea in 2012, South Orkney Islands in 2016, Prince Gustav Channel in 2018 and Eastern Antarctic Peninsula in 2019 |
Description | In 2012 RRS James Clark Ross investigated the marine benthic biodiversity of the southern Weddell Sea (JR275), in 2016 the marine benthic biodiversity of the South Orkney Islands (JR15005) and in 2018 the marine benthic biodiversity of the Prince Gustav Channel area. In 2019 RV Polarstern investigated the marine benthic biodiversity of the eastern Antarctic Peninsula (PS119). During all expeditions macrobenthic isopod fauna (Peracarida, Crustacea) was collected by a total of 37 epibenthic sledge (EBS) and assessed for species richness and abundance. In total 27099 isopod specimens assigned to 228 morphospecies and 78 genera were identified. To set the isopod dataset into a wider context of species diversity, published isopod species richness data from a further EBS collected stations during the ANDEEP I-III expeditions (ANT XIX/2-3, ANT XXII-3) in the Weddell Sea (Brandt et al. 2007) were added. This dataset provides data for 1) Isopoda EBS station locations and environmental data, 2) EBS Isopoda abundance data JR275, JR15005, JR17003a and PS118, 3) Isopoda species absence/presence data JR275, JR15005, JR17003a and PS118, 4) Isopoda species absence/presence data ANDEEP Weddell Sea only. Funding for KL, HJG, and the RRS James Clark Ross expeditions was provided by NERC for NC Science (JR275, JR15005) and for NERC urgency grant NE/R012296/1 'Benthic biodiversity under Antarctic ice-shelves - baseline assessment of the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf' (JR17003a). Ship time for EBS work during PS118 was provided to Linse et al. via a co-user grant from Leitstelle Deutsche Forschungsschiffe (AWI-PS118_7). Funding for DD was provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grant Br1121/51-1. Financial support for the ANDEEP I-III expeditions was provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grant Br1121/22/1-3. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01554 |
Title | Macrobenthic Mollusca from Prince Gustav Channel and Duse Bay, Eastern Antarctic Peninsula collected by epibenthic sledge in March 2018 |
Description | In 2018 RRS James Clark Ross investigated the marine benthic biodiversity of the Prince Gustav Channel area and the macrobenthic molluscan fauna collected by epibenthic sledge (EBS) has been assessed for species richness, abundance and assemblage composition as well as for functional traits. In total 20,307 mollusc specimens assigned to 50 morphospecies and 4 classes (Solenogastres, Bivalvia, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda) were identified. Assemblage analyses across the Prince Gustav Channel area did not show apparent pattern or separation across depth, taxon or station. To set the bivalve dataset into a wider context, unpublished bivalve species richness and abundance data from EBS collected stations in the area influenced by the Weddell Gyre were added. This doi dataset provides data for 1) PGC EBS locations, 2) PGC EBS molluscan abundances, 3) PGC molluscan functional traits, 4) Weddell Gyre EBS stations (300 - 2000 m depth), 5) Weddell Gyre EBS bivalve standardised 1000 m trawl length abundances (300 - 2000 m depth). Funding was provided by NERC urgency grant NE/R012296/1 'Benthic biodiversity under Antarctic ice-shelves - baseline assessment of the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf'. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01530 |
Description | Holothurians of the Larsen-C and eastern Antarctic Peninsula Region, western Weddell Sea |
Organisation | Museums Victoria |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Berth and access to holothurian samples |
Collaborator Contribution | Time and expertise on board, especially sorting and curating AGT samples and identifying holothurians. |
Impact | High level systematic identifications of holothurians |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Meiofauna of the Larsen-C and eastern Antarctic Peninsula Region, western Weddell Sea |
Organisation | University of Ghent |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Berth and access to MUC samples during JR17003a |
Collaborator Contribution | Handling of MUC samples during JR17003a and proposed meiofauna analysis of MUC samples. |
Impact | MSc studentship started October 2018 on the JR17003a MUC meiofauna samples, to be finished Summer 2019. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Nebennutzerantrag Forschungsfahrt mit RV POLARSTERN PS118 |
Organisation | Equal Pay Portal |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | PI K. Linse wrote Co-user proposal for RV Polarstern PS118 shiptime for her own reserach project (C-EBS deployments) in Larsen A-C, which was independently reviewed and then decided on by a review panel |
Collaborator Contribution | Availabilty of 3 berth on RV Polarstern during PS118 (if charged equal to £259880) and 48 h of shiptime for own gear deployments (if charged equal to £210000). Transport of science equipment to Antarctic on RV Polarstern |
Impact | Expedtion PS118 is starting 10th Feb 2019 |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Peracarid crustaceans of the Larsen-C and eastern Antarctic Peninsula Region, western Weddell Sea |
Organisation | Senckenberg Research Institute and Nature Museum Senckenberganlage |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Berth on JR17003a and access to peracarid samples. Offered Co-I ship on successful shiptime proposal for us of BAS C-EBS during PS118 on German RV Polarstern for expedition to Larcen A-C in 2019 |
Collaborator Contribution | Time and expertise on JR17003a, identifications of Antarctic crustaceans during expedition. Taxonomic identifications of peracarids. Invited PIs Linse and Griffiths as Partners on German DFG proposal "The influence of Larsen-C ice-cover on macrobenthic peracarid crustacean assemblages on the Antarctic shelf" including supervision of PhD student and provision of ethanol of C-EBS fixation during PS118. |
Impact | Taxon list for cruise report of JR17003a. Partners in successful DFG proposal |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Polychaetes of the Larsen-C and eastern Antarctic Peninsula Region, western Weddell Sea |
Organisation | University of Gothenburg |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Berth on JR17003a and access to polychaete samples |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise and time during JR17003a, identification of polychaete fauna since then |
Impact | Presentation at MEASO conference 2018 |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Shipborne hydroaccoustics (bathymetry and substrate distribution) of the Larsen-C and eastern Antarctic Peninsula Region, western Weddell Sea |
Organisation | Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Berth and access to hydroaccoustic data during JR17003a. |
Collaborator Contribution | Time and expertise of bathymetric analysis for JR17003a and provision of bathymetry data fro Larcen-C |
Impact | Bathymetry data from Prince Gustav Channel aquired, cleaned and added to PDC. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | BBC NHU engangement with JR17003a |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | A BBC NHU team (producer, cameraman) joint JR17003a to take footage for upcoming natural history series. As the series has not been broadcasted yet, we do not give further detail and cannot report on audiences reached and impact. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | BBC World service New Year - Top upccoming Science in 2018 - Live TV |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Live TV interview in BBC London Studio by Katrin Linse for BBC World Service |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | First scientific expedition to newly exposed Antarctic ecosystem |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Press release about upcoming JR17003a expedition resulted in 1) 1 live TV interview at BBC Breakfast at BBC Salford, 3 recorded TV interviews, 5 live radio interview, 4 recorded radio interviews, which lead to 168 international broadcasts, 2) more than 15 interviews with newspaper and online media reporter, which lead to 8 original newspaper print arcticles and 682 online articles, 3) 37 social media posts and 4445 social media engagements, and 4) reached more than 64 countries and global audience of 1.2b |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | First scientific expedition to newly exposed Antarctic ecosystem |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Press release on the end of the mission to reach Larsen C |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Interview for Bavarian Radio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 10 min live radio interview during a Bavarian radio science broadcast. Interview was undertaken will on board of reserach vessel south of Iceland. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | School talks by all PIs and our UK and international collaborators |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Our team of PIs, national and international collaborating scientists have given school talks to primary and secondary schools in their countries, varying from talks to single classes of about 25 children to year groups of up to 70 children, which lead questions from the pupils on the sciences done as well what is needed for jobs in research from scientist to techncian and engineer. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |