Suprabenthic assemblages from South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait (Antarctica): Preliminary observations on faunistical composition, bathymetric and near-bottom distribution

Polar Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 415-422

  San Vicente, C ^a   Ramos, A ^b   Jimeno, A ^c   Sorbe, J C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEPTH DISTIRBUTION; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA, BRANSFIELD STRAIT; ANTARCTICA, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

AMPHIPODA; CUMACEA; EUPHAUSIACEA; ISOPODA; MYSIDACEA;

EID: 0030722371     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050208     Document Type: Article

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