The Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean – Atlas biogéographique de l’océan austral
Claude De Broyer & Philippe Koubbi (scientific editors). SCAR-Marine Biodiversity Information Network, 2014. 512 p., 100 colour photos and 800 maps.
This biogeographic atlas provide the most thorough audit of marine life in the Southern Ocean. More than 9000 species are recorded, ranging from microbes to whales.
In 66 chapters, the scientists examine the evolution, physical environment, genetics and possible impact of climate change on marine organisms in the region. Leading marine biologists and oceanographers from all over the world spent the last four years compiling everything they know about ocean species from microbes to whales.
In an unprecedented international collaboration 147 scientists from 91 institutions across 22 countries (Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the USA) combined their expertise and knowledge to produce the new Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean.
Published by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) in September 2014, this atlas is coedited by Philippe Koubbi, biological oceanographer at UPMC, UMR BOREA and Claude de Broyer, of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Several members of the Research Unit BOREA (team 4) contribute to the various chapters of this atlas.
Contact Atlas: Philippe Koubbi, UMR BOREA