Ice disturbance intensity structures benthic communities in nearshore Antarctic waters

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 349, Issue , 2007, Pages 89-102

  Smale, Dan A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Community structure; Ice scouring; Polar benthos

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ICE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; REFUGIUM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ADELAIDE ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 36949030848     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07104     Document Type: Article

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