Massive icebergs, alteration in primary food resources and change in benthic communities at Cape Evans, Antarctica

• Published in: Marine Ecology
• Main Authors: Thrush, Simon F., Cummings, Vonda J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Cape Evans; Ross Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00462.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1439-0485.2011.00462.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00462.x

Abstract The presence of massive icebergs in the Southwestern Ross Sea (Antarctica) in the early‐to‐mid‐2000s changed the regional sea ice regime and phytoplankton productivity. We exploit data on benthic macro‐ and megafaunal communities collected on six occasions between 2001 and 2009 in the shall...