Missing link in the Southern Ocean: sampling the marine benthic fauna of remote Bouvet Island

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Arntz, Wolf E., Thatje, Sven, Linse, Katrin, Àvila, Conxita, Ballesteros Vázquez, Manuel, Barnes, David K.A., Cope, Thérèse, Cristobo, Francisco J., De Broyer, Claude, Gutt, Julian, Isla, Enrique, López-González, Pablo J., Montiel, Américo, Munilla, Tomás, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Raupach, Michael, Rauschert, Martin, Rodríguez, Estefanía, Teixidó, Nuria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bouvet; Bouvet Island; Bouvetøya; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0047-8

14 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables Bouvet (Bouvetøya) is a geologically young and very remote island just south of the Polar Front. Here we report samples taken during the RV ‘‘Polarstern’’ cruise ANTXXI/2 on 3 days in November 2003 and January 2004. This work was part of SCAR’s EASIZ programme and inten...