The biodiversity of the deep Southern Ocean benthos

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1477, 2007, Pages 39-66

  Brandt, A ^a   De Broyer, C ^b   De Mesel, I ^c   Ellingsen, K E ^d   Gooday, A J ^e   Hilbig, B ^f   Linse, K ^g   Thomson, M R A ^h   Tyler, P A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^g BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthos; Biodiversity; Evolution; Geological history; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DEEP WATER FORMATION; ENDEMISM; EVOLUTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; ICE ALGA; MEIOFAUNA; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

ALGAE; FORAMINIFERA;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FISH; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SEA;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 34249013399     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1952     Document Type: Review

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