Mesoscale spatial distribution of chaetognaths along hydrographic gradients in the South Scotia Sea (Antarctica)

Polar Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-206

  Duró, Alícia ^a   Sabatés, Ana ^a   Gili, Josep Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; ZOOBENTHOS;

SCOTIA SEA;

EUKROHNIA HAMATA; SAGITTA GAZELLAE;

EID: 0032821718     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050410     Document Type: Article

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