Biodiversity and structure of the suprabenthic assemblages from South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait, Southern Ocean

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 477-486

  Vicente, C San ^a   Castello J ^b   Corbera, J ^a   Jimeno, A ^b   Munilla, T ^c   Sanz, M C ^b   Sorbe, J C ^d   Ramos, A ^e  

^a Universidad de Barcelona ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^e INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; EPIFAUNA; SHELTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANTARCTICA; BRANSFIELD STRAIT; DECEPTION ISLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIPODA; ISOPODA; MYSIDA; PYCNOGONIDA;

EID: 33846935248     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0206-6     Document Type: Article

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