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Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML)
Julian Gutt (left, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany, cruise leader Polarstern) and Gauthier Chapelle (International Polar Foundation, Brussels, education and outreach)
Photo: Linn Lehnert
| This major IPY project will determine species biodiversity, abundance and distribution around Antarctica:
- on the sea floor
- continental slope
- in deep waters
- under collapsed ice shelves
- in upper sunlit waters
As knowledge of Antarctica's marine biodiversity is patchy, CAML will establish the state of these communities and provide a baseline against which future change can be measured.
The first CAML voyage on the German icebreaker Polarstern departed Cape Town in November 2006. Australia will collaborate with France and Japan in marine field work in early 2008.
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