Biodiversity of Isopoda and Cumacea (Peracarida, Crustacea) from the Marine Protected Area Namuncurá-Burdwood Bank, South-West Atlantic

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Doti, Brenda Lía, Chiesa, Ignacio Luis, Roccatagliata, Daniel Carlos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: MPA NAMUNCURÁ-BURDWOOD BANK; ISOPODS; CUMACEANS; SPECIES RICHNESS; FAUNAL AFFINITIES; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Argentine; Burdwood Bank; Antarc*; Antártica; Polar Biology; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/177386

Burdwood Bank is a shallow seamount located south of the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands and east of Tierra del Fuego. In 2013, the area down to 200 m depth of this bank was declared the first open-sea (non-coastal) Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Argentina, and named ?Namuncurá? (MPAN-BB). The present s...