Polychaetes of Antarctic sublittoral in the proglacial zone (King George Island, South Shetland Islands)

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-96

  Siciński, Jacek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bottom sediments; Polychaeta; Sublittoral

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SLOPE;

ADMIRALTY BAY; ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

APISTOBRANCHUS; ARICIDEA; CIRROPHORUS; CIRROPHORUS BREVICIRRATUS; LEITOSCOLOPLOS; LEITOSCOLOPLOS KERGUELENSIS; LEVINSENIA; LEVINSENIA GRACILIS; MICROSPIO; OPHELINA; OPHELINA CYLINDRICAUDATA; POLYCHAETA; RHODINE; SCOLOPLOS; THARYX; TRAVISIA;

EID: 3242751986     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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