History of benthic colonisation beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 344, Issue , 2007, Pages 29-37

  Post, Alexandra L ^a   Hemer, Mark A ^a   O'Brien, Philip E ^a   Roberts, Donna ^b   Craven, Mike ^c  

^a Marine and Coastal Environment Group   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic fauna; Holocene; Ice shelf; Microfossil; Succession

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; FILTER FEEDER; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HOLOCENE; ICE SHELF; LAST GLACIATION; MICROFOSSIL; PLANKTON; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CORE; SUCCESSION;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

BRYOZOA;

EID: 34748860593     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06966     Document Type: Article

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