Biodiversity and distribution patterns of planktonic cnidarians in San Matías Gulf, Patagonia, Argentina

• Published in: Marine Ecology
• Main Authors: Guerrero, Elena, Gili, Josep María, Rodriguez, Carolina Soledad, Araujo, Enilma M., Canepa, Antonio, Calbet, Albert, Genzano, Gabriel Nestor, Mianzan, Hermes Walter, González, Raul Alberto Candido
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley
• Subjects: Hydromedusae; Siphonophorae; San Matías Gulf; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Patagonia; Argentina; Argentine; Rodriguez; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/11192

The special location (40?42°S in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean) and the hydrodynamic regime (limited water exchange with open ocean) in San Matías Gulf (Argentina) seem to produce a particular fauna of planktonic cnidarians whose their abundances are mainly shaped by the Gulf circulation. Four oce...