Epibenthic macrofauna associated with the shelf and slope of a young and isolated Southern Ocean island

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Kaiser, Stefanie, Barnes, David K.A., Linse, Katrin, Brandt, Angelika
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2008
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Southern Thule; Southern Thule Group; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Ocean Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102008001107; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102008001107

Abstract The remote South Sandwich arc is an archipelago of small volcanic islands and seamounts entirely surrounded by deep water and about 600 km away from the closest island, South Georgia. As some of the youngest islands (< 5 m.y.) in the Southern Ocean they are ideal for studying colonizatio...