Sea-bed photographs (benthos) from the Weddell Sea along two ROV profiles during Polarstern cruise ANT-XIII/3, supplement to: Gutt, Julian (2002): The Antarctic ice shelf: an extreme habitat for notothenioid fish. Polar Biology, 25(4), 320-322

Young specimens of cf. Pagothenia borchgrevinki were observed for the first time to cling to the subsurface of the marginal ice shelf in Drescher Inlet, southeastern Weddell Sea. Along an approximately 40-m-long videotransect at 80 m water depth, the abundance was roughly estimated to be 7 individua...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gutt, Julian
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2002
Subjects:
Remote operated vehicle SPRINT 103
ANT-XIII/3
Polarstern
Archive of Underwater Imaging AUI
Ecology of the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone EASIZ
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Weddell
Weddell Sea
Antarc*
Ice Shelf
Sea ice
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.728241
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.728241
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Summary:Young specimens of cf. Pagothenia borchgrevinki were observed for the first time to cling to the subsurface of the marginal ice shelf in Drescher Inlet, southeastern Weddell Sea. Along an approximately 40-m-long videotransect at 80 m water depth, the abundance was roughly estimated to be 7 individuals per 10 m**2. This behaviour is interpreted to represent the most advanced adaptation to ice as a microhabitat for Antarctic fish.

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