Antarctic reptant decapods: more than a myth?
The impoverished Antarctic decapod fauna is one of the most conspicuous biodiversity phenomena in polar science. Although physiological and ecological approaches have tried to explain the reason for the low decapod biodiversity pattern in the Southern Ocean, the complexity of this problem is still n...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:9247 2023-09-05T13:14:06+02:00 Antarctic reptant decapods: more than a myth? Thatje, S. Arntz, Wolf 2004 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/9247/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/9247/1/Tha2004b.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.19757 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.19757.d001 unknown https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/9247/1/Tha2004b.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.19757.d001 Thatje, S. and Arntz, W. (2004) Antarctic reptant decapods: more than a myth? , Polar Biology:, 27 , pp. 195-201 . hdl:10013/epic.19757 EPIC3Polar Biology:, 27, pp. 195-201 Article isiRev 2004 ftawi 2023-08-22T19:47:56Z The impoverished Antarctic decapod fauna is one of the most conspicuous biodiversity phenomena in polar science. Although physiological and ecological approaches have tried to explain the reason for the low decapod biodiversity pattern in the Southern Ocean, the complexity of this problem is still not completely understood. The scant records of crabs south of the Polar Front were always considered as exceptional, and have mostly been ignored by marine biologists world-wide, creating one of the most dogmatic paradigms in polar science. We herein review the record of both adults and larvae of reptants from the Southern Ocean. At present, several species of only lithodid crabs maintain considerable adult populations in circum-Antarctic waters, although they remain absent from the high-Antarctic shelves. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Polar Biology Southern Ocean Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Antarctic Southern Ocean |
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The impoverished Antarctic decapod fauna is one of the most conspicuous biodiversity phenomena in polar science. Although physiological and ecological approaches have tried to explain the reason for the low decapod biodiversity pattern in the Southern Ocean, the complexity of this problem is still not completely understood. The scant records of crabs south of the Polar Front were always considered as exceptional, and have mostly been ignored by marine biologists world-wide, creating one of the most dogmatic paradigms in polar science. We herein review the record of both adults and larvae of reptants from the Southern Ocean. At present, several species of only lithodid crabs maintain considerable adult populations in circum-Antarctic waters, although they remain absent from the high-Antarctic shelves. |
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Antarctic reptant decapods: more than a myth? |
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Antarctic reptant decapods: more than a myth? |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/9247/1/Tha2004b.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.19757.d001 Thatje, S. and Arntz, W. (2004) Antarctic reptant decapods: more than a myth? , Polar Biology:, 27 , pp. 195-201 . hdl:10013/epic.19757 |
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