Temporal changes in benthic megafaunal abundance and composition across the West Antarctic Peninsula shelf: Results from video surveys

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 22-23, 2008, Pages 2465-2477

  Sumida, Paulo Y G ^a   Bernardino, Angelo F ^a   Stedall, Victoria P ^b   Glover, Adrian G ^c   Smith, Craig R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic peninsula shelf; Benthic megafauna; Food banks; Phytodetritus; Seasonality; Video images

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; FEEDING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURVEYS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA SHELF; BENTHIC MEGAFAUNA; FOOD BANKS; PHYTODETRITUS; SEASONALITY; VIDEO IMAGES;

SEDIMENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHYTODETRITUS; SEAFLOOR; SEASONALITY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA SHELF; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

AMPHIPNEUSTES; ANTHOZOA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; PENIAGONE;

EID: 57049160364     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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