Distribution and composition of macrozoobenthic communities along a Victoria-Land Transect (Ross Sea, Antarctica)

Polar Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 782-790

  Rehm, Peter ^a   Thatje, Sven ^b   Arntz, Wolf E ^a   Brandt, Angelika ^c   Heilmayer, Olaf ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNELID; ARTHROPOD; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECHINODERM; MACROBENTHOS; MOLLUSC; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TRANSECT; ZOOBENTHOS;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; ECHINODERMATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33746354950     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0115-8     Document Type: Article

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