Community structure and benthic habitats across the George V Shelf, East Antarctica: Trends through space and time

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 105-118

  Post, Alexandra L ^a   Beaman, Robin J ^b   O'Brien, Philip E ^a   Eléaume, Marc ^c   Riddle, Martin J ^d  

^a Marine and Coastal Environment Group   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ad lie Land; Benthic environment; Benthos; Iceberg scouring; Physical surrogates; Polar waters

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; ICEBERG SCOURING; PHYSICAL SURROGATES; POLAR WATERS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FILTER FEEDING; ICEBERG; LAST GLACIATION; MATURATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RECOLONIZATION; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER DEPTH;

ADELIE COAST; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GEORGE VI ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79851505833     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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