Biogeographic patterns of benthic invertebrate megafauna on shelf areas within the Southern Ocean Atlantic sector

CCAMLR Science

Volumn 15, Issue , 2008, Pages 167-192

  Lockhart, S J ^a   Jones, C D ^a  

^a NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Benthic invertebrates; Bioregionalisation; CCAMLR; Hexactinellid; Iceberg scouring; Megafauna; Water masses; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERMATA; HEXACTINELLIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA;

EID: 57149095263     PISSN: 10234063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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