How many macrozoobenthic species might inhabit the Antarctic shelf?

Based on data from the Weddell Sea in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean, the total number of macrozoobenthic species was estimated for the entire Antarctic shelf using species-accumulation methods, jack-knife estimators, and Incidence-based Coverage Estimators of species richness. Ranging be...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: GUTT, JULIAN, SIRENKO, BORIS I., SMIRNOV, IGOR S., ARNTZ, WOLF E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2004
Subjects:
Geology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
Arctic
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
The Antarctic
Weddell Sea
Weddell
Antarc*
Antarctic Science
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102004001750
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102004001750
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Summary:Based on data from the Weddell Sea in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean, the total number of macrozoobenthic species was estimated for the entire Antarctic shelf using species-accumulation methods, jack-knife estimators, and Incidence-based Coverage Estimators of species richness. Ranging between 11 000 and 17 000 expected species, Antarctica seems to have an intermediate species richness when compared to other selected tropical, temperate or Arctic habitats.

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