Antarctic ascidians: An isolated and homogeneous fauna

Polar Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-414

  Primo, Carmen ^a   Vázquez, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ascidiacea; Biogeographical categories; Cluster analysis; Southern Ocean; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISPERSAL; ENDEMISM; FILTER FEEDER; HOMOGENEITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; ORDINATION; ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA;

EID: 77954376591     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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