Benthic community development in Antarctica: Recruitment and growth on settlement panels at Signy Island

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-79

  Stanwell Smith, Damon ^a,b   Barnes, David K A ^a,c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Soc for Environmental Exploration   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bryozoans; Colonisation; Recruitment; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BRYOZOA; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ENCRUSTING ORGANISM; GROWTH; INVERTEBRATE LARVAE; RECRUITMENT; SEASONALITY; SETTLEMENT PANEL; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS, SIGNY ISLAND;

ARACHNOPUSIA INCHOATA; BRYOZOA; CHEILOSTOMATA; CYCLOSTOMATA; LACERNA EATONI; POLYCHAETA; SPIRORBINIDAE;

EID: 0030618550     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02754-2     Document Type: Article

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