Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) Archive of Project Documentation - CAML_Project_Archive.Media_Education_Outreach

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).

南极海洋生物普查（Census of Antarctic Marine Life，简称CAML）项目档案库是扫描文档、地图、视频及其他相关资料的集合，涵盖了这项具有国际影响力的重大研究项目相关的组织与管理文件。CAML对南极洲周边南大洋的生物分布与丰度开展了系统性调查，旨在为深入理解气候变化与人类活动未来可能造成的影响提供支撑。该项目协调实施了迄今规模最大的南大洋科考调查，在南极海域累计开展18次航行；共编目记录16000余种海洋生物，其中数百种为科学界首次发现的新物种，还为1500个物种提供了DNA条形码（DNA barcode），截至目前已发表600余篇学术论文。CAML是南极研究科学委员会（Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research，简称SCAR）的核心活动之一，同时是海洋生物普查（Census of Marine Life，简称CoML）的子项目，亦是2007-2009年国际极地年（International Polar Year，简称IPY）的重大倡议项目。