Environmental control on the structure of echinoid assemblages in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1343-1357

  Moya, Francina ^a   Saucède, Thomas ^b   Manjón Cabeza, M Eugenia ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Antarctic; Bellingshausen Sea; Benthos; Diversity; Echinodermata; Echinoidea

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BOTTOM WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP SEA; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CIDARIDAE; ECHINIDAE; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; SCHIZASTERIDAE; STERECHINUS ANTARCTICUS;

EID: 84864390357     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1176-5     Document Type: Article

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