Ecological traits of benthic assemblages in shallow Antarctic waters: Does ice scour disturbance select for small, mobile, secondary consumers with high dispersal potential?

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1225-1231

  Smale, Dan A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Disturbance gradient; Ice disturbance; Polar ecology; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ICE; MOBILITY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POLAR REGION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 50249188267     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0461-9     Document Type: Article

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