Relevance of Planktonic Larval Dispersal to Endemism and Biogeography of Antarctic Benthic Invertebrates

• Main Author: Scheltema, Rudolf
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2010
• Subjects: R/V Laurence M. Gould; Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems; Sample/Collection Description; Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Biosphere; Oceans; US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC); Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Drake Passage; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/600035

Abstract: Because of extreme isolation of the Antarctic continent since the Early Oligocene, one expects a unique invertebrate benthic fauna with a high degree of endemism. Yet some invertebrate taxa that constitute important ecological components of sedimentary benthic communities include more than...