Variability in intertidal communities along a latitudinal gradient in the Southern Ocean

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 809-816

  Waller, Catherine L ^a,b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Community structure; Diversity; Intertidal

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BRYOZOAN; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ADELAIDE ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); SCOTIA ARC; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BRYOZOA;

EID: 44149116972     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0419-y     Document Type: Article

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