A benthic richness hotspot in the Southern Ocean: slope and shelf cryptic benthos of Shag Rocks

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Barnes, David K.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2008
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Shag Rocks; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102008001089; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102008001089

Abstract Shelf and slope cryptofauna were sampled at the most northerly shelf environments within the Southern Ocean, Shag Rocks. The area is remarkably rich, with seven phyla, 10 classes, 40 families and 81 species on 0.36 m 2 of shelf boulders. A large proportion of genera and species found had no...