Macrobenthic mollusc assemblages and diversity in the West Antarctica from the South Shetland Islands to the Bellingshausen Sea

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1253-1265

  Troncoso, Jesús S ^a   Aldea, Cristian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Centre for Quaternary Research Punta Arenas   (Chile)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Diversity; Macrobenthic molluscs; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ISLAND; MACROBENTHOS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; LOW ISLAND; PETER I ISLAND; QUEENSLAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BIVALVIA; CYAMIOCARDIUM DENTICULATUM; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; SCAPHOPODA;

EID: 50249105757     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0464-6     Document Type: Article

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