Abundance and diversity of gastropods associated with dominant subtidal macroalgae from the western Antarctic Peninsula

Polar Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1171-1181

  Amsler, Margaret O ^a   Huang, Yusheng M ^b   Engl, Winfried ^c   McClintock, James B ^a   Amsler, Charles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PENGHU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Aquaculture National Penghu University of Science and Technology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Benthic; Community structure; Gastropod; Macroalga

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; DOMINANCE; ENDOPHYTE; EPIBIONT; HARD-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; HOST PREFERENCE; MACROALGA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SNAIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SUBSTRATE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ANVERS ISLAND; PALMER STATION; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA;

EID: 84937978612     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-015-1681-4     Document Type: Article

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