A new pelagic Alteutha (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica - Description, ecology and information on its year round distribution

• Published in: Hydrobiologia
• Main Authors: Veit-Köhler, Gritta, Fuentes, Verónica Lorena
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: ECOLOGY; GENERATION TIME; PELTIDIIDAE; PLANKTON SURVEY; SEA ICE; SHALLOW WATER; TAXONOMY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; King George Island; Potter Cove; Argentina; Antarctic Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Euphausia superba; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/100112

A new harpacticoid copepod species was found during a year round plankton survey in a shallow Antarctic bay. Both the dominant Calanoida and Cyclopoida and the often neglected Harpacticoida, their abundances in relation to sea-ice formation and decline in presence of Euphausia superba are regarded,...