Abstract:
SOMBASE is a tool for looking at marine molluscs in the seas around Antarctica. Using a database and the latest mapping technology it is possible to display all the places where a family, genus or species has been found on an electronic map. These maps show us how widely spread different organisms are and if they prefer a particular area or type of habitat. The database can also be used to address questions about biodiversity in the seas around Antarctica and how it's unique environment affects which animals are found there.
SOMBASE contains comprehensive distribution records of Antarctic, Magellanic, and Sub-Antarctic Gastropods and Bivalves as well as records for many other species from the Southern Hemisphere. Based upon published records and British Antarctic Survey data these distribution maps form part of a biogeographic database, which also includes taxonomic, ecological and habitat data. The database contains information on over 3,250 species from more than 3,800 locations.
Keywords:
Antarctic, Biogeography, Bivalvia, Database, Ecology, Gastropoda, Mollusc, Southern Ocean, distribution, taxonomy
| Access Constraints: | There are no access constraints for this dataset. |
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| Use Constraints: | If data are used from the SOMBASE database, the investigator must be informed, and the dataset must be cited as shown in the citation field. Please contact the investigator for more information. |
| Creation Date: | 2005-01-27 |
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| Dataset Progress: | In Work |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | Huw J Griffiths |
| Role(s) | Investigator, Metadata Author, Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | GRIFFITHS, H.J., LINSE, K. & CRAME, J.A. 2003. SOMBASE - Southern Ocean Mollusc Database: A tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and ecology. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3, 207-213. LINSE K., GRIFFITHS H.J., BARNES D.K.A. & CLARKE A. 2006. Biodiversity and biogeography of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic mollusca. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 53, No. 8-10, 985-1008. CLARKE, A. GRIFFITHS, H.J. BARNES, D.K.A. & LINSE, K. 2007. How well do we know the Antarctic marine fauna? A preliminary study of macroecological and biogeographic patterns in Southern Ocean gastropod and bivalve molluscs. Diversity and Distributions. 13, 620-632. BARNES, D.K.A. & GRIFFITHS, H.J. 2008. Biodiversity and biogeography of southern temperate and polar bryozoans. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 17, 84-99. GRIFFITHS, H.J., LINSE, K. & BARNES, D.K.A. 2008. Distribution of macrobenthic taxa across the Scotia Arc, Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 20 (3), 213-226. SCHIAPARELLI, S., OLIVERIO, M., TAVIANI, M., GRIFFITHS, H. & ALBERTELLI, G. 2008. Circumpolar distribution of the pycnogonid-ectoparasitic gastropod Dickdellia labioflecta (Dell, 1990) (Mollusca: Zerotulidae). Antarctic Science. 20 (5), 497-498. BARNES, D.K.A., KAISER, S., GRIFFITHS, H.J. & LINSE, K. 2008. The marine, intertidal, fresh-water and terrestrial fauna of the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. Journal of Biogeography. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02030.x GRIFFITHS, H.J., BARNES, D.K.A. & LINSE, K. 2009. Towards a generalized biogeography of the Southern Ocean benthos. Journal of Biogeography. 36, 162-177. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01979.x CLARKE, A., GRIFFITHS, H.J. BARNES, D.K.A., MEREDITH, M.P. & GRANT, S.M. 2009. Spatial variation in seabed temperatures in the Southern Ocean: Implications for benthic ecology and biogeography. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 114, doi:10.1029/2008JG000886 BARNES, D.K.A., GRIFFITHS, H.J. & KAISER, S. 2009. Geographic range shift responses to climate change by Antarctic benthos: where we should look. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 39, 13-26. GRIFFITHS, H.J. 2010. Antarctic Marine Biodiversity - What do we know about the distribution of life in the Southern Ocean? PLOSOne. MORLEY, S.A., GRIFFITHS, H.J., BARNES, 2010. South Georgia: a key location for linking physiological capacity to distributional changes in response to climate change. Antarctic Science. doi:10.1017/S0954102010000465 GRIFFITHS, H.J., ARANGO, C., MUNILLA, T. & MCINNES, T. 2011. Biodiversity and biogeography of Southern Ocean pycnogonids. Ecography. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06612.x |
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| Start Date | 2000-06-01 |
| End Date | N/A |
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| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -78.4833 |
| Northernmost | 13.2667 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -180 |
| Easternmost | 180 |
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| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | 0 |
| Max Depth | 6333 |
| Location: | |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Detailed Location | N/A |
| Location | Southern Ocean |
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| Distribution Media | N/A |
| Distribution Size | N/A |
| Distribution Format | DBF |
| Fees | N/A |