Composition and distribution of benthic isopod (Crustacea, Malacostraca) families off the Victoria-Land Coast (Ross Sea, Antarctica)

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1431-1437

  Choudhury, Madhumita ^a   Brandt, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composition; Distribution; Isopoda; Peracarida; Ross Sea; Victoria Land Coast

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ISOPOD; MACROBENTHOS;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE ADARE; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TERRA NOVA BAY; VICTORIA LAND;

CRUSTACEA; DESMOSOMATIDAE; ISOPODA; MALACOSTRACA; PARAMUNNIDAE; PERACARIDA;

EID: 34548526876     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0304-0     Document Type: Article

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