Massive icebergs, alteration in primary food resources and change in benthic communities at Cape Evans, Antarctica

Marine Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-299

  Thrush, Simon F ^a   Cummings, Vonda J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Food supply; Iceberg; Long term study; Ross sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD WEB; ICEBERG; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE EVANS; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS ISLAND; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79961021388     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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