Complex life under the McMurdo Ice Shelf, and some speculations on food webs

Abstract Habitats under ice shelves are minimally explored, primarily because of technological limitations. These areas are separated from photosynthetic primary productivity by thick ice and distance to open water. Nevertheless, a diverse macrofaunal benthic community was discovered at 188 m depth,...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Author: Kim, Stacy
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2019
Subjects:
Antarctic Science
Ice Shelf
Ice Shelves
McMurdo Ice Shelf
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102018000561
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0954102018000561 2024-09-15T17:49:05+00:00 Complex life under the McMurdo Ice Shelf, and some speculations on food webs Kim, Stacy 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102018000561 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102018000561 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antarctic Science volume 31, issue 2, page 80-88 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 journal-article 2019 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102018000561 2024-07-31T04:03:47Z Abstract Habitats under ice shelves are minimally explored, primarily because of technological limitations. These areas are separated from photosynthetic primary productivity by thick ice and distance to open water. Nevertheless, a diverse macrofaunal benthic community was discovered at 188 m depth, 80 km back from the edge of the McMurdo Ice Shelf. The general habitat was fine sediment with occasional dropstones, and dominant taxa were polychaetes and brittle stars, with alcyonacean soft corals and anemones on hard substrates. Gelatinous animals were abundant near the seafloor, and possibly part of a food web that supports the benthic community. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarctic Science Ice Shelf Ice Shelves McMurdo Ice Shelf Cambridge University Press Antarctic Science 31 2 80 88
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description Abstract Habitats under ice shelves are minimally explored, primarily because of technological limitations. These areas are separated from photosynthetic primary productivity by thick ice and distance to open water. Nevertheless, a diverse macrofaunal benthic community was discovered at 188 m depth, 80 km back from the edge of the McMurdo Ice Shelf. The general habitat was fine sediment with occasional dropstones, and dominant taxa were polychaetes and brittle stars, with alcyonacean soft corals and anemones on hard substrates. Gelatinous animals were abundant near the seafloor, and possibly part of a food web that supports the benthic community.
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