Epibenthic macrofauna associated with the shelf and slope of a young and isolated Southern Ocean island

Antarctic Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-290

  Kaiser, Stefanie ^a,b   Barnes, David K A ^b   Linse, Katrin ^b   Brandt, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biodiversity; Dispersal; Eurybathy; Isopoda; Mollusca; South Sandwich Islands; Southern Thule

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; ISOPOD; MOLLUSC; SEAMOUNT; SPECIES RICHNESS; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; THULE;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; MALACOSTRACA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; YOLDIELLA;

EID: 43949086253     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102008001107     Document Type: Article

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