Quantitative distribution and functional groups of intertidal macrofaunal assemblages in Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Southern Ocean

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 284-291

  Liu, Xiaoshou ^a   Wang, Lu ^a   Li, Shuai ^a   Huo, Yuanzi ^b   He, Peimin ^b   Zhang, Zhinan ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biodiversity; Fildes Peninsula; Functional group; Intertidal sediment; Macrofauna

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAVEL;

ANTARCTICA; FILDES PENINSULA; INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS; MACROFAUNA; QUANTITATIVE INVESTIGATION; SHANNON-WIENER DIVERSITY INDICES; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS;

SEDIMENTS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; ORGANIC MATTER; PHEOPHORBIDE; CHLOROPHYLL;

ABUNDANCE; ANNELID; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DIVERSITY INDEX; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANNELID; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KIDDERIA SUBQUADRATA; LUMBRICILLUS; MACROFAUNA; MOLLUSC; NACELLA CONCINNA; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SHANNON WIENER DIVERSITY INDEX; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS INDEX; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS INDEX; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA;

ANTARCTICA; FILDES PENINSULA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; LUMBRICILLUS; MOLLUSCA; NACELLA CONCINNA;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISLANDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84944280229     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.07.047     Document Type: Article

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