Vertical distribution of macrobenthic infauna from the shallow sublittoral zone of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1439-1447

  Filgueiras, V L ^a   Campos, L S ^a   Lavrado, H P ^a   Frensel, R ^a   Pollery, R C G ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Admiralty Bay; Macrobenthic infauna; Maritime Antarctica; Mini box corer; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADMIRALTY BAY; ANTARCTICA; CUZCO [PERU]; KING GEORGE ISLAND; MACHU PICCHU; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; CUMACEA; GASTROPODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POLYCHAETA;

EID: 34548538251     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0305-z     Document Type: Article

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