Relationships between Antarctic coastal and deep-sea particle fluxes: implications for the deep-sea benthos

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Isla, Enrique, Gerdes, Dieter, Palanques, Albert, Teixidó, Nuria, Arntz, Wolf E., Puig, Pere
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bransfield Strait; Livingston Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/27424; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0046-9

8 pages, 3 figures Downward particle fluxes measured by means of sediment traps to a shallow semi-closed bay (Johnson’s Dock, Livingston Island) and to a deep basin in the western Bransfield Strait (Antarctic Peninsula) showed the important role of glaciers as sediment carriers and suppliers to the...