Quantitative analysis of soft-bottom molluscs in the Bellingshausen Sea and around Peter I Island

Polar Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-134

  Troncoso, Jesús S ^a   Aldea, Cristian ^a,b   Arnaud, Patrick ^c   Ramos, Ana ^d   García, Francisco ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Centre for Quaternary Research Punta Arenas   (Chile)

^c Le Jas des Batarins   (France)

^d Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bellingshausen Sea; Molluscs; PeterI Island; Soft bottom

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORRELATION; DIVERSITY INDEX; MACROBENTHOS; MOLLUSC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BIVALVIA; CYAMIOCARDIUM DENTICULATUM; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; POLYPLACOPHORA; SCAPHOPODA;

EID: 34548274563     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2007.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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