Patterns, processes and vulnerability of Southern Ocean benthos: A decadal leap in knowledge and understanding

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2295-2317

  Kaiser, Stefanie ^a,b,c,d   Brandão, Simone N ^a,b   Brix, Saskia ^b   Barnes, David K A ^e   Bowden, David A ^c   Ingels, Jeroen ^g   Leese, Florian ^h   Schiaparelli, Stefano ⁱ   Arango, Claudia P ^j   Badhe, Renuka ^f   Bax, Narissa ^k   Blazewicz Paszkowycz, Magdalena ^l   Brandt, Angelika ^a   Brenke, Nils ^b   Catarino, Ana I ^m   David, Bruno ⁿ   De Ridder, Chantal ^m   Dubois, Philippe ^m   Ellingsen, Kari E ^p   Glover, Adrian G ^q   Griffiths, Huw J ^e   Gutt, Julian ^r   Halanych, Kenneth M ^s   Havermans, Charlotte ^o   Held, Christoph ^r   Janussen, Dorte ^t   Lörz, Anne Nina ^c   Pearce, David A ^e   Pierrat, Benjamin ⁿ   Riehl, Torben ^a,b   Rose, Armin ^b   Sands, Chester J ^e   Soler Membrives, Anna ^u   Schüller, Myriam ^h   Strugnell, Jan M ^v   Vanreusel, Ann ^g   Veit Köhler, Gritta ^b   Wilson, Nerida G ^w,x   Yasuhara, Moriaki ^y,z   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

ⁱ Environmental and Life Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^j QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^m UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^o ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^p NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^q DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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

^s AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^v LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^x AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^y UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^z UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DATABASE; DECADAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT TYPE; ICE SHEET; OCEANOGRAPHY; VULNERABILITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84883055093     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2232-6     Document Type: Review

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