Diversity and distribution of mollusc assemblages on the Victoria Land coast and the Balleny Islands, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 615-631

  Schiaparelli, Stefano ^a   Lörz, Anne Nina ^b   Cattaneo Vietti, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Diversity; Latitudinal Gradient Project; Mollusca; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; MOLLUSC; NEW RECORD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANTARCTICA; BALLENY ISLANDS; CAPE ADARE; CAPE HALLETT; CAPE RUSSELL; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TERRA NOVA BAY; VICTORIA LAND; WEDDELL SEA;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; POLYPLACOPHORA; SCAPHOPODA;

EID: 33751048487     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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