Diversity and distribution of mollusc assemblages on the Victoria Land coast and the Balleny Islands, Ross Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Schiaparelli, Stefano, Lörz, Anne-Nina, Cattaneo-Vietti, Riccardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; Terra Nova Bay; Balleny Islands; Weddell; Italica; Hallett; Adare; Cape Adare; Cape Hallett; Cape Russell; Hallett Cape; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102006000654; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102006000654

In 2004 as part of the joint Latitudinal Gradient Project in the Ross Sea, cruises of RV Tangaroa and RV Italica along the Victoria Land coast and the Balleny Islands collected 142 species of mollusc (four Polyplacophora, 99 Gastropoda, 37 Bivalvia and two Scaphopoda). About 20% of these species rep...