Antarctic marine biodiversity - what do we know about the distribution of life in the southern ocean?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Griffiths, Huw J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INDIAN OCEAN; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OCEAN CURRENT; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REVIEW; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; SEA;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER;

EID: 77957762104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011683     Document Type: Review

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