Assemblages of sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) and brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) and off Northeast Greenland (Arctic): A comparison of diversity and abundance

Polar Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-322

  Piepenburg, Dieter ^a   Voß, Jochen ^a,c   Gutt, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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

^c Landesamt für Natur und Umwelt   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BRITTLE STAR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY; POLAR ZONE; POLAR ZONES; SEA STAR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

GREENLAND, (NORTHEAST); WEDDELL SEA;

ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; HYMENASTER; OPHIACANTHA ANTARCTICA; OPHIACANTHA BIDENTATA; OPHIOCTEN SERICEUM; OPHIONOTUS VICTORIAE; OPHIOPLEURA BOREALIS; OPHIOPLOCUS INCIPIENS; OPHIOSCOLEX GLACIALIS; OPHIOSPARTE GIGAS; OPHIURA ROBUSTA; OPHIUROIDEA; OPHIUROLEPIS BREVIRIMA; OPHIUROLEPIS GELIDA; OPHIUROLEPIS MARTENSI;

EID: 0030621107     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013372     Document Type: Article

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