Structure and distribution of fish assemblages at Burdwood Bank, the first Sub-Antarctic Marine Protected Area “Namuncurá” in Argentina (Southwestern Atlantic Ocean)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Delpiani, Sergio Matias, Bruno, Daniel Osvaldo, Vazquez, Diego Martin, Llompart, Facundo Manuel, Delpiani, Gabriela Elina, Fernández, Damián Andrés, Rosso, Juan Jose, Mabragaña, Ezequiel, Díaz de Astarloa, Juan Martín
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: CONSERVATION; FISH FAUNA; NOTOTHENIIDAE; SUB-ANTARCTIC AREA; SW ATLANTIC OCEAN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentina; Burdwood Bank; Antarc*; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/127955

The first non-coastal Sub-Antarctic Marine Protected Area (Namuncurá) in Argentina was created in 2013, at Burdwood Bank (MPAN-BB), an undersea plateau located about 200 km south from Malvinas/Falkland Islands, SW Atlantic Ocean. The main contribution of this work was to explore fish species composi...