The distribution, abundance and seasonality of pelagic marine invertebrate larvae in the maritime Antarctic

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1382, 1999, Pages 471-484

  Stanwell Smith, Damon ^a   Peck, Lloyd S ^a   Clarke, Andrew ^a   Murray, Alistair W A ^a   Todd, Christopher D ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Antarctic; Diversity; Larva; Marine invertebrate; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA; SIGNY ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033611662     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0398     Document Type: Article

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