Chapter 10 Antarctic Marine Living Resources Program NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-445 Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 67 Benthic Invertebrate Composition and Characterization of the South Orkney Islands
Abstract Th e epi-benthic megafaunal invertebrate community density and composition of the South Orkney Islands was sampled during Leg II of the 2008/09 AMLR Survey and analyzed to the level of phyla. Th e benthic invertebrate megafaunal component of 75 bottom trawls completed around the South Orkne...
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Summary: | Abstract Th e epi-benthic megafaunal invertebrate community density and composition of the South Orkney Islands was sampled during Leg II of the 2008/09 AMLR Survey and analyzed to the level of phyla. Th e benthic invertebrate megafaunal component of 75 bottom trawls completed around the South Orkney Islands, and an additional three off the Antarctic Peninsula, was analyzed by weight and by sorting into 61 operational taxonomic units (OTUs), including the 18 provisionally recognized by CCAMLR as indicators of the presence of a Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem (VME). Th e results from this year's survey include: |
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