Water column features and their relationship with sediments and benthic communities along the Victoria Land coast, Ross Sea, summer 2004

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 603-613

  Povero, Paolo ^a   Castellano, Michela ^a,b   Ruggieri, Nicoletta ^a   Monticelli, Luis S ^c   Saggiomo, Vincenzo ^d   Chiantore, Mariachiara ^a   Guidetti, Marta ^a,b   Cattaneo Vietti, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Latitudinal Gradient Project; Pelagic benthic coupling

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BENTHOS; FECAL PELLET; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE ADARE; CAPE RUSSELL; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TERRA NOVA BAY; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 33751035384     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000642     Document Type: Conference Paper

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