Distribution and diversity of polychaetes collected by trawling in Admiralty Bay: An Antarctic glacial fiord

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-151

  Pabis, Krzysztof ^a   Sicinski, Jacek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Admiralty Bay; King George Island; Patterns of distribution; Shelf polychaetes; West Antarctic

Indexed keywords

EPIFAUNA; FJORD; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSPENDED LOAD; TRAWLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADMIRALTY BAY; ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

HARMOTHOE; POLYCHAETA; STERNASPIS SP.;

EID: 74849127637     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0692-4     Document Type: Article

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