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

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).

南极海洋生命普查（Census of Antarctic Marine Life, CAML）项目档案库，是各类扫描文档、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科研项目的组织与管理文件。CAML针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，旨在为更好地理解气候变化与人类活动未来可能造成的影响提供支撑。CAML协调开展了迄今规模最大的南大洋科考调查，在南极海域累计执行18次科考航次；共登记收录16000余种海洋物种，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），迄今已产出600余篇学术出版物。CAML是南极研究科学委员会（Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, SCAR）的核心工作内容之一，同时也是海洋生命普查（Census of Marine Life, CoML）的子项目，并且是2007-2009年国际极地年（International Polar Year, IPY）的重大倡议项目。