Antarctic sympagic meiofauna in winter: Comparing diversity, abundance and biomass between perennially and seasonally ice-covered regions

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1062-1074

  Kramer, Maike ^a   Swadling, Kerrie M ^b   Meiners, Klaus M ^c,d   Kiko, Rainer ^e   Scheltz, Annette ^a   Nicolaus, Marcel ^f   Werner, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Department of the Environment and Water Heritage and the Arts ^*  (Australia)

^d ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Antarctica: southern Indian Ocean: 64 65 S, 116 129 E; Antarctica: western Weddell Sea: 60 65 S, 41 57 W; Biomass; Sea ice; SIPEX; Sympagic meiofauna; WWOS

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTARCTICA; MEIOFAUNA; SIPEX; WWOS;

BIOMASS; LAKES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

TUNGSTEN;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; ICE COVER; MEIOFAUNA; PACK ICE; SEA ICE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

METAZOA;

EID: 79954628178     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.029     Document Type: Article

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