Spatial variation in seabed temperatures in the Southern Ocean: Implications for benthic ecology and biogeography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Clarke, Andrew ^a   Griffiths, Huw J ^a   Barnes, David K A ^a   Meredith, Michael P ^a   Grant, Susie M ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP SEA; FLOODING; HEAT FLUX; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA ICE; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRYDZ BAY; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 76849099173     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JG000886     Document Type: Article

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