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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Main Authors: Susanne Lockhart, Nerida Wilson, Eric Lazo-Wasem, Christopher Jones
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
South Orkney Islands
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1053.5994
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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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