Suprabenthic fauna from the Bellingshausen Sea and western Antarctic Peninsula: Spatial distribution and community structure

Scientia Marina

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 357-368

  San Vicente, Carlos ^a   Munilla, Tomas ^b   Corbera, Jordi ^a   Sobre, Jean Claude ^c   Ramos, Ana ^d  

^a Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Southern Ocean; Suprabenthos

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

AMPHIPODA; CUMACEA; GAMMARIDEA; ISOPODA; LYSIANASSIDAE; MUNNOPSIDAE; MYSIDA; MYSIDAE; PERACARIDA;

EID: 62949123678     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73n2357     Document Type: Article

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