Abundance of gelatinous carnivores in the nekton community of the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone in summer 1994

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 139-147

  Pages F ^a,c   White, M G ^b   Rodhouse, P G ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Carbon content; Gelatinous nekton; Southern Ocean; Wet biomass

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; CICONIIFORMES; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); HYDROIDA; NEMERTEAN; OSTRACODA; PERIPHYLLA PERIPHYLLA;

ANTARCTIC POLAR FRONTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GELATINOUS CARNIVORES; NEKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0029664190     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps141139     Document Type: Article

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