Broad-scale factors influencing the biodiversity of coastal benthic communities of the Ross Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 8-10, 2006, Pages 959-971

  Thrush, Simon ^a   Dayton, Paul ^b   Cattaneo Vietti, Riccardo ^c   Chiantore, Mariachiara ^c   Cummings, Vonda ^a   Andrew, Neil ^a   Hawes, Ian ^a   Kim, Stacy ^d   Kvitek, Rikk ^e   Schwarz, Anne Maree ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Biodiversity; Ice dynamics; Latitudinal gradient; Ross Sea

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; SEA ICE;

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; ICE DYNAMICS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; ROSS SEA;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ICE FIELD; PREDATOR; PRODUCTIVITY; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TERRA NOVA BAY;

ADAMUSSIUM COLBECKI; STERECHINUS NEUMAYERI;

EID: 33746743002     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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