Evolution and diversity of the benthic fauna of the Southern Ocean continental shelf

Antarctic Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 559-568

  Clarke, Andrew ^a   Aronson, Richard B ^b   Alistair Crame, J ^a   Gili, Josep Maria ^c   Blake, Daniel B ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic cooling; Extinction; Glaciations; Milankovitch; Predation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOBSTER;

EID: 10944220700     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102004002329     Document Type: Review

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