How well do we know the Antarctic marine fauna? A preliminary study of macroecological and biogeographical patterns in Southern Ocean gastropod and bivalve molluscs

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 620-632

  Clarke, Andrew ^a   Griffiths, Huw J ^a   Linse, Katrin ^a   Barnes, David K A ^a   Crame, J Alistair ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biogeography; Diversity; Latitude; Macroecology; Mollusc

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIVALVE; FAUNA; GASTROPOD; MACROECOLOGY; MICROALGA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ENDERBY LAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WILKES LAND;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 34547868480     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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