Polychaete fauna associated with holdfasts of the large brown alga Himantothallus grandifolius in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctic

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1277-1288

  Pabis, Krzysztof ^a   Sicinski, Jacek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Habitat complexity; Habitat heterogeneity; Holdfast fauna; Polychaete; West Antarctic

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; FILTER FEEDER; GUILD; HABITAT MOSAIC; HERBIVORE; MOTILITY; POLYCHAETE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SESSILE SPECIES; SHALLOW WATER; SHELTER;

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

BRANIA; HIMANTOTHALLUS GRANDIFOLIUS; NEANTHES; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77955531010     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0816-x     Document Type: Article

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