Discovery of a recent, natural whale fall on the continental slope off Anvers Island, western Antarctic Peninsula

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-80

  Smith, Kathryn E ^a   Thatje, Sven ^b   Singh, Hanumant ^c   Amsler, Margaret O ^d   Vos, Stephanie C ^a   McClintock, James B ^d   Brothers, Cecilia J ^d   Brown, Alastair ^b   Ellis, Daniel ^a   Anderson, Jeffrey S ^c   Aronson, Richard B ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Deep Sea; Food Fall; Mobile Scavenger; Paralomis birsteini; Polar; Whale Fall

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; DEEP SEA; MOBILE-SCAVENGER; PARALOMIS BIRSTEINI; POLAR; WHALE FALLS;

COLD WATER; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CRAB; DECOMPOSITION; DEEP SEA; HOMOGENEITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SUCCESSION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ANVERS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84901676940     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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