• Main Authors: Magdalena Błażewicz, Krzysztof Jażdżewski, King George Isl
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Admiralty Bay; Antarctic; Herve; Hodgson; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.453.7124; http://www.polish.polar.pan.pl/ppr17/1996-3-4_213-220.pdf

ABSTRACT: A collection of 15 283 individuals of tanaidacean crustaceans was gathered by successive Polish Antarctic Expeditions in the years 1977-1993 in Admiralty Bay (King George Island, South Shetland Islands). Twelve species belonging to three families are identi fied in this study. The material is clearly dominated by Nototanais antarcticus (Hodgson, 1902); other common species were Nototanais dimorphus (Beddard, 1886) and Peraeospi-nosus sp. A. The highest density of tanaids was over 140 000 specimens n r 2, occuring on a muddy bottom in Herve Cove lagoon. K e y w o r d s: Antarctic, South Shetland Islands, Tanaidacea, benthos.