Body size and age of specimen of the Antarctic clam Laternula elliptica collected in Potter Cove (KGI) ...

• Main Authors: Philipp, Eva E R, Husmann, Gunnar, Abele, Doris
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Sample ID; Laternula elliptica, length of valve; Laternula elliptica, height of valve; Laternula elliptica, age; Biology; Jubany_Dallmann; Carlini/Jubany Station; Impact of climate induced glacier melt on marine coastal systems, Antarctica IMCOAST/IMCONet; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Iceberg*; King George Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.776567; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.776567

Recent rapid changes of air temperature on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula results in increased sediment discharge and ice scouring frequencies in coastal regions. These changes are bound to especially affect slow growing, sessile filter feeders such as the Antarctic bivalve, Laternula e...