Benthic community response to iceberg scouring at an intensely disturbed shallow water site at Adelaide Island, Antarctica

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 355, Issue , 2008, Pages 85-94

  Smale, Dan A ^a   Barnes, David K A ^a   Fraser, Keiron P P ^a   Peck, Lloyd S ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Benthos; Disturbance; Ice scour

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ICEBERG; ISLAND; SCOUR; SHALLOW WATER;

ADELAIDE ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 41349104304     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07311     Document Type: Article

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