Bryozoans of the Weddell Sea continental shelf, slope and abyss: Did marine life colonize the Antarctic shelf from deep water, outlying islands or in situ refugia following glaciations?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1648-1656

  Barnes, David K A ^a   Kuklinski, Piotr ^b,c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ANDEEP; Antarctica; Benthos; Ice sheet; Last Glacial Maximum; Pleistocene refugia; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; BENTHOS; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRYOZOAN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEONTOLOGY; RECOLONIZATION; REFUGE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

BRYOZOA;

EID: 77955628579     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02320.x     Document Type: Article

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